Computer governor. Don't keep driving it this way,its really tough on the transmission internals which cost a LOT more. You actually have the better of two failure modes, in the other mode it will start in second and shift to third which burns things up in short order (hi Ken). If you're handy with electronics you can fix it with about a 50% success rate, if not you can buy rebuilt ones with a slightly higher success rate (but a warranty). Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jim Rowlette" <emooman@...> wrote: > > Just completed a trip of about 200 miles over the weekend. On the way > to my destination the transmission began shifting from 3rd gear to 2nd > for no reason. This lasted about 10 minutes and then returned to > normal for the remainder of the trip. On the way back the transmission > would only shift from 1st to 2nd gear and would never go into 3rd. I > was able to limp back home keeping the RPM's under 3500. The > transmission and engine only have 3000 miles on them. Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Jim Rowlette > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/