transmission problems

[paulcfx]

As of last week I started to notice very strange sounds coming out of the transmission. When you break and the car shifts down to the first gear, there’s a loud thud. At first I thought that the u joints are bad or need to be lubricated – unfortunately a solid greasing didn’t help at all. Anyone else get the thud when decelerating? This is very annoying and doesn’t sound good. I have over 50k miles on the car and it has been serviced at 15, 30 and 45k. Do you guys have any ideas what could be wrong with it?

[xdfarrx]

Firstly the trannies are noisy and at the last downshift can make some noise... However I believe you have the same problem. First I had the band applied solonoid replaced. Wasn't that. As it turned out it was the U-joints and splines. As my guy told me the tolerances are way to tight. He replaced them and it went away but it is kinda of coming back...really a drag. They did it under warranty- My understanding is the U-joints and splines have to have play in them to work correctly. Good luck, and keep me posted