Hi there, just recently bought a 96 dodge caravan v6 automatic, I know nothing about cars , but my dad does and he drove it and said that he thinks it is stuck in 2nd gear .. it idles at 600 rpm , he said it may be quietly going into 3rd but it is defintely not switching into 1st gear .. also when Im driving it in a lower speed around 30 - 40 kph it sometimes feels like a bump or a lurch and slows down a little bit .. is this something to do with transmission ..anything .. suggestions .. help ..?

 

You arte in the dreaded limp home mode If you look in this form you will find a ton about it
The tranny is meant to do this if it finds a problem.
The first thing to check is the tranny fluid level after that you better go to the dealer or a GOOD tranny shop and have the Transmissoion codes read you can not get the codes from the check engine light it has to have a ODB2 readed put on it

Hope this helps
T