Q: Is my transmission messing up?

asked by on June 29, 2016

Well my 2003 mach 1 wont accelerate in drive but it will rev as if it was in neutral but works perfectly fine when i turn the over drive off. What is wrong?

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To answer the question. Yes, your transmission is messing up. You will have to have the transmission shift solenoids checked to see what is the cause since the problem is not a common problem with this vehicle. A computer and transmission scan may have codes that need to be diagnosed to isolate the acceleration problem.

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