Q: car shifts at 65000rpm

asked by on August 28, 2016

It shifts at 65000 right before it hits the redlines in all gears. It is also throwing a tps code but we have changed it and it's still reading. Also I I found out it's missing the entire EGR system
My car has an automatic transmission.

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