Q: Okay so my truck say your at a red light and light goes green it wont take off like usual it only revs till 2000 rpm 2004 Dodge Durango

asked by on December 30, 2016

Okay so my truck say your at a red light and light goes green it wont take off like usual it only revs till 2000 rpm it drags to accelerate and wont shift gears while driving i tried changing speed sensor thinking that might be it but not a change was made in the truck

My car has 170000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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