Q: Car's transmission not shifting properly.
In bumper to bumper, stop and go rush hour traffic, my 2005 Buick Park Avenue's 4 or 5 speed? transmission seems to "jump" into gear instead of smoothly "shifting" into gear. The same problem occurred to my 1989 Buick Regal. Someone once suggested that it COULD BE a bad solenoid. What do you think?
My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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