Q: Sluggish when starting from braking position and when going uphill
Truck will work relatively normal when cold, as soon as engine heats up acceleration gets sluggish and very busy especially when going uphill. Been told about it being in "limp in"mode and something to do with transmission maintenance. Would like more specific model/year details to go fix. There is also a loud roaring sound when accelerating and it gets quite hesitant when switching to Reverse (R). Thank you.
My car has 114000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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