when i first start the car i had zero gears some times and other times i put it in first gear and it jerks going in gear. i shift from a high gear to low it fails to shift and when it does it jerks

Asked by bettylou457 Jul 21, 2015 at 02:07 PM about the 2004 Buick LeSabre Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

zero gears when starting at intervals.may go 2 hours or more then they work again.when shifting from high gear to low it bucks and jerks,sometime failing to have low gear.I had new filter fluid and all new selinoids replaced in transmission.Could speed sensor on tranny be bad.My speed odemeter is working fine.

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Actuator could be bad.. I would take it back to wherever you had the transmission worked on.. Sounds like an internal problem with it.

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