I was entering a highway. I probably had the car up to 4200 RPM. The car would stick in one of the gears and would not go into a lower gear until I let off the gas. The car then would stutter. I came up to a stop light and the car was rocking back and forth like it was about to stale. The "Service Engine Soon" light comes on. I pulled to the side of the road and turned off the car and let it sit for a few minutes. I turned the car back on and white smoke came over the back. I have already diagnosed that it is not a blown head gasket. Since then, the car will not go into overdrive. What could it be? Thanks

 

how is the trans fluid level?

 

It was a little low but now its fine.

 

check the air intake, i had a similar problem, if there is a crack and not the right amount of air is going in it will act all retarded. try checking that out, i know they are cheapa ndmade of palstic so take a look

 

i'll try but my intake is metal........i don't thinks its the trans is bad though b/c it only happens sometimes. i thought maybe it was a sensor or there is a recall for the cooling unit for the transmission.

 

i dont see why an engine issue would involve the transmission, but i dont see where youd be getting smoke from unless there was an issue...what has it done the last two days?

 

i don't get smoke anymore.....that was just that one time....well ever since that happened like a month ago, my car seems like it does not have any power. my service engine soon light came on saying there was a miss fire in cylinder 3.....could that be causing what i descriped in my first post?