1996 ford fiesta 16v ghia automaticstarts and drives fine for two miles then loses all drive forward low and reverse the engine justs revs but no movement let it cool down for 15 minutes you can then drive for 1/4 mile or so then it stops driving again i think its got a cx gearbox without a torque converter

My Econoline 250 with 4.2 lost fluid from hose leak, fixed leak everything was normal for 3 days till I drove it on highway. When it went into overdrive lost forward power. Turned off OD and did ok for a while. Lost forward gears slowly, put in fluid, hard to tell when full. Reverse is fine but have to rev up engine to get forward to engage, then everything is fine at lights and such till take out of drive, then have to rev engine to about 2500rpm to engage drive. Help?

might just need a good tune

Have u checked spark plugs.?

the level of fluid may be ok but it may need new fluid , when was last changed ? i'd change fluid as a first step

have exact same problem myself checked all fuses they are fine & my car is a ford fiesta yr 2000 model Ghia gonna have a look at the 50amp fuses

Any1 else out there have a possible solution. If this 1 dont work

its ur tranny for sure

change distributor cap and rntar button

sound like tranny pump went out.

If your van has alot of miles, then just ignore it. Get a sevice done on it and let it warm up a bit and see if that helps the problem. When the miles get put on, especially with little maintaince, they have a hard time engaging "cold turkey". Another factor is that going from Rev to Drive(1st) you are going from energizing one accumulator to energizing two, and you're switching from the Rev clutch to the Underdrive clutch which tends to bleed off pressure the most.

check the transmission fluid and make sure it isnt low.