Q: Transmission
My car was fine until one day i took it out and it would get a late response to shift into second gear , as time went on , it would go from first to second but would have a big jump to it and now it won't shift to second at all . I can't tell if it's a shift solenoid or not ?
My car has 208000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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