Q: 1990 camry (A14OE) wont up shift or down shift out of second gear
Car starts & idles. Must accelerate hard to get rpm up to go and then at road speed will not shift out of second gear. reverse works fine
My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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