Thread: 2008 Grand Prix 3.8 III Series Power Loss when making a left turn

Hey, everyone.

I'll cut to the chase; I have a pretty solid loss of power when I make left turns, to the point where I stop moving forward for a few seconds and the transmission seems to reengage, loudly and violently, and I go forward. Depending on the sharpness of the turn the cut-out of power happens once for a second or 3-4 times for a second each time.

There doesn't seem to be an issue making a right turn though.

I am only guessing it is a transmission problem. I am aware that if it is a transmission problem it is probably something that I cannot fix myself, so I'm trying to see if it is something I CAN fix that isn't the transmission.

I'll check the fluid level.

Yeah, that's what the manual says.

Yeah, fluid is low enough to not register on the stick. Guess I'll be picking that up tomorrow. I had the oil changed about 3 months ago and they "said" all the fluids were good. I've never had a car go through transmission fluid like that.