This is most likely the throttle position sensor. It sounds odd I know, but the throttle position sensor helps tell the transmission when to shift. This same thing happened to my Jeep. The sensor is located on the intake manifold on the engine and costs around 45 bucks.
To the guy who spent 2300 dollars getting a transmission rebuilt: They saw you coming and you got totally screwed over. I can get a cherokee transmission rebuilt any day of the week in the range of 800 to 1000 dollars. WOW check out your shops and mechanics a little better before you jump into a rip off.
Sounds like a serious transmission problem. I had one ,('90'), that did something like that. It didn't want to go into 3rd gear right away, and then 3rd went out altogether. Had it rebuilt, but it cost $2300.00 dollars.
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There is an Overdrive button on the dash that works fine. When the transmission is in "D" it automatically shifts to the next highest gear ok, but does not shift to the 3rd highest gear until I hit 50 mph. I don't know if this is also called overdrive or just the 3rd automatic gear.
Do you mean overdrive? It's not suppose to.
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