5 speed not working

[JeDanRo]

so i just bought a 2001 a couple months ago, the guy I bought it from warned me, to not be hot rodding it. Anyway, I had to get on the interstate and needed to give it gas, it's like it just broke free going from third to fourth (I think), i let of the gas and it was fine.it's done this a few time where it lets go of the gear and just revs up, when I let of gas, it engages. Today, not the case, it let go of the gear, and never engaged back in. i can shift to 1st or 2nd and they work, but I havent got it fast enough since to see if i can do the drive with OD off yet. by the way, My OD light hasn't worked at all since I've had it, but button does work. Thoughts?

 

[briwayjones]

You might want to change the title of your thread and you may get more help. When you say "5 speed" in the car world that means a 5 speed manual transmission. Not a 5 speed automatic. I think that's because for the longest time (like maybe decades) automatic transmissions only had 3 or 4 gears and you could get manual transmissions with at least 4 gears. It took me a minute to figure out that you were actually talking about an automatic and not manual transmission.

 

[colintrax]

Agreed, you need to change the title.
Have you checked the fluid? I would guess the band broke not the gears

 

[boominXplorer]

Sounds like someone was having transmission issues before you and removed the o/d light so he could sell it to you and you wouldn't know. The o/d light will flash when there is a serious issue with the transmission.