I drive a 1990 744 with automatic transmission with almost 170k. On sunday 11/6/05 my car stopped shifting into fourth gear. The car will get to around 40 mph and 2500rpm and will not shift any further.
For a very long time I have had a problem with the fourth gear lock-out light (the small orange arrow the points forward) going on and off on its own, but it never affected the transmission. From the way it behaved it just seemed the there may have been a slight short in what ever system controls that dash light. I do not believe there is any correlation, however, I felt it worth mentioning for the record because instead of being on sometimes it is on all of the time. Pressing the button on the side of the gear selector handle has no effect.
I plan to replace the transmission fluid and filter tonight and will report back my findings. Any comments or suggestions?
-Poritz
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