Q: Drives, but doesnt shift out of first gear
Back in February 2016 I started with this problem. I took it to a dealership and they fixed it said it was a solenoid that needed to be replaced. And I had a leak so they fixed that and sent me on my way. No problems til now. It's happening again. The car will start normal, drive normal until it's time to shift from first gear into second. The rpm will just go up and not shift. My question is could it be the same problem? Since then I've only put 7,000 miles on the car
My car has 167000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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