Q: Transmission

asked by on May 02, 2016

I have a 2001 Toyota Sequioa my transmission takes about 15-20 secs. to shift from 2nd to 3rd in the am for the last 2 months I purchased the vehicle brand new and this problem just started Please help!

My car has 238540 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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