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Low or dirty Transmission Fluid?

Plugged filter?

Bad transmission pump?

When my husband's car wouldn't shift (it was an automatic) it was his crankshaft sensor. It ran fine after that.

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Q: What is the cause if the transmission does not shift gears?
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