Bad torque converter?

Hey everyone.
So recently my 2002 Tacoma 3.4 auto trans has been bogging down immediately after up shifting when speeding up. I didn't think much of it until today when I rolled to a stop sign. The engine rpms dropped and the engine died.

Are these common signs of a bad torque converter or what else could it be?

Thanks
Dan

 

Fuel filter? Low fuel pressure?

 

When was your last tune up ?
I would be thinking more of a faulty converter clutch solenoid over a faulty converter , although this isnt too common with your transmission .
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...sions-write-up-your-4-speed-automatic.325531/

 

the torque converter is nothing but 2 fan blades in a casing where the spinning/centrifugal motion of one of the fans of the TC moves tranny fluid in such a way with such strength that it turns the other fan of the TC, then once they are nearly identical and above a certain RPM a clutch jumps in and locks the engine and tranny input RPMs.

if that clutch is engaging early, causing a sort of stall kind of like youre describing, i would suspect the fluid and/or the solenoid before a torque converter. I don't think there are any wear-able parts in a torque converter since it's all metal and no moving parts inside..

 

you might want to look into seafoam in the tranny and a tranny flush and refil.