2001 Ford Taurus not shifting properly

2001 FORD TAURUS
81,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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ROBROB1985
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Two things have recently started with my transmission, 1st on a cold start and shifting from park to drive you hear a clank noise coming from the transmission. 2nd While driving it feels like the transmission skips 3rd gear, it goes from 1st to 2nd smooth then all of a sudden it drops in this low gear with a thump, assuming that this is 4th gear. Now if you keep your foot on the gas to stretch the gears out it will go into 3rd. To describe the feeling better is like if u were in manual and u went from 2nd to 4th gear the idles drop low and the car take a while to pick up speed in the low gear. this is what it does.
thanks for your time
Sep 21, 2008 at 1:57 PM
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