Car won’t shift till 4500 rpms

Asked by Nickyt149 Oct 19, 2022 at 11:19 PM about the 2000 Buick LeSabre Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I recently picked up a 2000 Le Sabre for 2k, 165k
Miles, Car had lots of throttle hesitation when i first
bought it, replaced the Throttle position sensor and
Issue was resolved perfectly, however since then
the car has been shifting out of 1st gear
consistently at 4500 RPM's Nothing more, nothing
less,

Additionally when at slow speed > 5 or so miles an
hour the car will completely die after giving it a
Small amount of gas is given (think driving through
a parking lot or drive through) However the car can
idle in park/Drive flawlessly. Really at a loss at this
point was hoping someone else had a similar
experience in the past!

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19,035

the last time i had a buick at that much miles, i overhauled the transmission.

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