My transmission exhibits no other noises except that tapping sound. My
car currently has about 50k miles on it. I drive this car to work with
round trip about 15 miles. But we do have long distance travels in the
summer. We live in Illinoise where the temperature can go very low in
the winter which is also not good for a car.

I used quaker state dexron III atf and the oem filter. I may replace
the atf with saturn atf just want to see if this can solve the
problem.



(Esteric) wrote in message . com>...
> If you would please say here what type of ATF and filter you used. I
> would, but I don't remember exactly what I used. It has been some
> time since I changed them. What I do remember is that I used the
> recommended type of ATF (though not "Saturn" ATF), and the only filter
> the local Autozone had. Also, how many miles are on your Saturn, and
> in what conditions do you usually drive in. The majority of the miles
> on my car since the 40k mark have been delivering pizza: lots of stop
> and go in south-east Texas weather. Not the best for a car, I know.
>
> Just curious, has your transmission exhibited any of the other noises
> I have mentioned?
>
> (Jim X) wrote in message . com>...
> > After changing ATF and the filter, my 01 SC1 has had exactly the same
> > problem as described by Esteric: A constant tapping sound coming from
> > the transmission when the car comes to a complete stop. It only
> > happens if engin is warm and the gear is in a forward position. I am
> > wondering if it is something to do with the ATF that I replaced with.
> > Any help will be appreciated.