Q: Transmission having problems shifting gears

asked by on January 15, 2017

Having trouble shifting gears in the transmission I took it to a guy who works on transmission didn't know what the problem was. He lifted the rear end put it n drive gears shirted good we put the truck down and drove it did the same thing. It feels Ike if the emergency brake was on and you give it gas truck hesitate to take off .rpm Rev up real high trying to take off .can you help me ....my truck is 4x4

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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