Transmission will not shift past second gear?

Tiny
JORGE166
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  • 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
  • 5.3L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 284,000 MILES
So, my truck won’t go past 2nd gear. I’ve had the truck for about 6 years and used it as a work truck, everything regarding the transmission worked perfectly fine until one day on the expressway when I was driving my car just started to rev up every time I tried to accelerate. That’s the first time my car wouldn’t go past 2nd, assuming it just needed a new transmission I had went to get it rebuilt a few weeks ago and the car was back to driving fine until the same issue happened, I was on the expressway and then it wouldn’t go past 2nd. I took it back to the transmission shop and they say that the issue could be electrical because the cluster doesn't work but the cluster hasn’t been working since, I’ve owned the car so I’m not sure how it was fine for 6 years then now it’s causing the problem. I read online that it could also be a speed sensor, so I swapped them out but still nothing. I brought it to a shop to see if they could figure out the issue, but they couldn’t figure it out either.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 AT 4:44 AM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Did they run codes on the truck? here is a guide that will help so we can what's going on:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Since this truck is 4WD that are four VSS sensors, one in the transmission and the others in the transferase, did you replace both of them? Here are the locations, Check out the images (below). Please let us know how it goes
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 AT 1:28 PM
Tiny
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Thank you! These are the codes my car currently reads, and I only changed one sensor, I’m going to change all four like you said and see what happens.
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 AT 2:58 PM
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KEN L
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I would clear the codes and replace the remainder of the sensors; the speedometer must work for the transmission to shift correctly. Please let me know what happens.
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 AT 6:37 PM

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