AUTO-TRANSMISSION on Renault Scenic

[yetisurfer]

First thing in the morning with 'D' engaged the car moves off perfectly in its first low gear but revs up as if there is no drive connection when moving up to the second gear. Momentarily releasing the accelerator resolves the problem and the car then behaves perfectly for the rest of the day i.e. this problem only occurs on the first start up of the day. Not sure if it has started playing up with the arrival of cold weather. Fluid has been changed. Any ideas please.

[stanleyman]

The gearbox 2nd gear brakeband does not appear to be initally engaging, might be hydraulics are low, an air lock, a blockage or a sticking ram. Is the fluid correct?

[yetisurfer2]

FAO stanleyma -

Thank you for reponding to my question re my auto trans. problem. Regret I was unable to reply earlier despite two emails to site support which remain unanswered. I have now registered again with different details. Fluid was changed just before my first post on 20 Feb by Auto Trans Services so hopefully should be correct. You obviously have considerable knowledge of auto boxes so I would appreciate any further ideas that I can try. It seems to me that logically there is little wrong because the car behaves perfectly after the first selection of the second gear each day.

[Toureman]

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