Transmission wont shift down gears

Asked by Mike Sep 12, 2021 at 11:47 AM about the 1999 Ford Ranger XL Standard Cab LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Trans wont drop in lower gears to move had a sensor wire
that came from on top of transmission it touch metal and
sparked and now it wont shift down

1 Answer

Guru9LFHH3 answered 2 years ago

Did you fix the sensor wire? Sometimes a transmission will go into limp mode and only stay in one gear. Did you check all your fuses and did you sensors test out good?

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