Q: Hello there.

asked by on March 15, 2017

when climbing slight incline around 45-50 mph, it looses power when it should be shifting down so speed remains the same. I have to give it quite a bit of gas and then it will shift down, sometimes not as smooth as it should. Could this be a solonoid problem?

My car has 78000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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