[Aphix]

If it has 118k on the odometer than it is probably the tranny. Chances are somebody ran it hard and now your clutch pads are blown. I dont know much about how the automatic transmission works but there is a clutch and when it slips out of gear it because of the pads being too worn down. Now when you hear the really high rpm whine that is because the engine doesnt want to shift gears and it happens to be in alot lower gear than it should be. If you keep running it you will be having terrible gas mileage and your engine will begin to overheat and WILL do damage eventually. There is no easy fix for this I dont believe because the automatic front wheel drive assembly because its one piece that might require you to remove the engine just to replace. But there is a chance that the car might be in "limp mode" that means the car got the idea that it is wrecked either from airbag deployment or some other means. It doesnt want to shift to higher gears because it thinks its wrecked and doesnt want to do futher damage. I dont think thats the problem though, but you could bring it up with a dealer or mechanic