Transmission engages slowly into D (not until warm). All other gears ok?

[Brents-P5]

Good afternoon 2002 P5 175,000 miles. Sport Shift auto.

Transmission: Park, Reverse Neutral all seem to work ok.

When the car is cold and placed into D....

Car will not shift fully into D until warm. Rarely slips while in D. Most of the time shifts ok.

Might this be a transmission on its way out? Or Just a simple fluid and filter change. Thanks!

 

[Brents-P5]

On Rare occasion is goes into limp mode and get the blinking AT light on. A simple car turn off and back on will go back to normal.

 

[smetzger]

Maybe neutral safety switch gets stuck? But that usually throws a code.

 

[pcb]

Check the adjustment of your shifter cable and your TR switch.

Ouch. Screwed up the Neutral Safety Switch Install. No Park. Starts in neutral

Good afternoon guys. 2002 Mazda P5 auto. Beautiful, fun...and problematic. :) Never done this. Didn't read the instructions. Thought it was just a simple swap. And now....not so good. Car wouldn't start in park, only neutral. So I installed a new neutral safety switch. Pulled the old one out...

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[TX_SilverP5]

Good afternoon 2002 P5 175,000 miles. Sport Shift auto.

Transmission: Park, Reverse Neutral all seem to work ok.

When the car is cold and placed into D....

Car will not shift fully into D until warm. Rarely slips while in D. Most of the time shifts ok.

Might this be a transmission on its way out? Or Just a simple fluid and filter change. Thanks!

Brent, my '02 P5 135K miles AT is starting to do this too! Bought it earlier this year and drained the fluid in Jan and again in Aug. For the last month, it's been slow (by a few seconds) to get into Drive. No codes at all and after warmed up, it's fine, but from a cold start...revs like in neutral for a few seconds. Any resolutions on your issues?