I have a 96 voyager van with 4 sp auto. It will start in 1st fine but freewheels like its in neutral when it shifts. only way to get it back in gear is to restart it. only way to get in a higher gear is to build up speed in 1st put it in neutral, shut it off, restart it, throw it into 3rd while still moving and its good untill it has to shift again, then it starts all over again. it also wont move in reverse. could it be electrical?

SOURCE: 96 plymouth voyager no shift

you say the fluid looks good... that's great.
now next time your out drive for about ten good minuetes long enough for the transmission to get nice and warm and then pull over to nice level ground and with the vehicle in park check the fluid again. it's kind of hard to read because it always has a lot of bubbles on it and stuff. but it may be low on fluid.. good-luck ray

SOURCE: 1991 3.3L Plymouth Voyager, Transmission temp sticks in first.

John, this sounds like a valve hanging up in the valve body. The car shifts when the govenor pressure overcomes throttle valve pressure in this valve body.

What is the condition of the fluid? Is it at all dark or grey, does it smell burnt? It should be a nice light pink. If not, have the fluild and filter for the trans changed. This may take care of the problem.

If the oil is really burnt, you are at the end of the life of the clutches and you are looking at a complete trans rebuild. If the oil is ok, a trans shop should be able to take just the valve body down, clean it and eliminate the problem without overhauling the entire transmission

good luck

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Have the transmission computer scanned for codes. This trans is completely electroniclly shifted.

SOURCE: 1999 plymouth voyager will shift 3-4 times then gets stuck in 1st

I've had this happen before. It turned out to be the output sensor on the trans.

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Sounds like you need a solenoid pack to start, and possibly a service. If the tranny is not slipping, the solenoid pack is stuck and not tell it to shift up. Could possibly be a TCM, but not as likely.