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Maybe a transmission problem?

Hello,

When I am driving at faster speeds, 50 and over, my car does not shift into a higher gear. The RPMs just go up.

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  • Anonymous May 16, 2009

    I know because I see the RPMs go upward to 3500 and 4000 and it doesn't shift so that hey go back down to 2500 no matter how fast I go. I'm not driving in O/D. I've tried it and it does the same thing. Neutral is fine.

  • alexis_harri May 16, 2009

    I know because I see the RPMs go upward to 3500 and 4000 and it doesn't shift so that hey go back down to 2500 no matter how fast I go. I'm not driving in O/D. I've tried it and it does the same thing. Neutral is fine.

  • gerry bissi May 11, 2010

    when you drive in O/D, does it go into 4th gear? You should feel 3 shifts and the tach needle should drop 3 times too.

  • gerry bissi May 11, 2010

    how do you know? Are you watching the tach? Does it feel like it's racing in neutral?
    What if you take it out of O/D?

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You transmission is stuck in 4th gear. If you dreive in D this will allways happen. If your drive in the D with a circle around it thats over dirve and has the 5th gear u need. If its still not shifting in OD then your OD is bad

Hope this helps Good luck

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