Hi there,

I am looking for some advice on a 1990 Dodge Grand Caravan. While I was driving 65 mph this morning my car suddenly shifted down and the rpm went up and wouldn't shift any more up. After I stopped and started the car new the car was shifting again. After 5 min driving it suddenly happend again and it shifted back and the rpm went high. If someone has an idea what would cause the problem that would be great. It was always shifting fine. The car had a new transmission with 92 000 miles and now the milage is up to 162 000 miles. I hope it is not the transmission.

Thank you very much,

Sindy

 

Your transmission may have gone into limp in or fail safe. You need to ck for codes and post.

 

The dreaded "limp mode".
It could be several different things.
Here's a link that will help out.
http://www.allpar.com/fix/trans.html

 

Thank you very much for your help. I went to several mechanics this week. Everybody tells me something different. The last one told me he has to rebuild the transmission because the cluts (??) are burned and it wouldn't shift. But it is shifting. It limbs after a while sometimes after 60 miles, sometimes right after 2 minutes. After restarting the car it will shift again. I am really frustated now.

 

Follow what the previous posters have suggested...
CODES you need to check them and post them, also let us know any recient repairs, modifications, etc

FYI some parts stores ie autozone will read the codes as a customer service...get the codes and post them.


PS if the shops you visited did NOT do this before suggesting a repair you should rethink your relationship with that business.