Just wanted to update.....First of all thanks for the replies either here or by email.
After leaving the vehicle parked for several weeks I decided to drive it to the shop to get repaired. I only drove it a mile with the problem before and figured I could drive slow to the shop.
The vehicle started off okay and after approx 1 mile I noticed the vehicle taching too high. 3500 rpm at 45 and it was in overdrive. I slowed down to a stop and took off slowly by changing the gears via the column shift to see if I could make it shift properly manually...1st....okay...2nd ...okay....3rd.....well not okay.........damn...so I came to a stop again. This time when I tried to start off the vehicle shut off.
Long story short....called a roll back...got it to the garage....pulled the codes...sure enough 2nd to 3rd shift solenoid PLUS a new one...Torque Converter Locked.
Oh well....I ended up getting the tranny rebuilt and also found out that the noise I was hearing in the front was not my power steering pump as I thought but one of the front wheel bearings so I got that replaced.
A couple of thousand dollars later I have my car back and all is okay.
I just wanted to give the results to my story to share facts.
Thanks again.
Sam in Cary, N.C.
