I have a 2005 Chevy Impala that when I stopped yesterday at a stop sign my drive went out. The car will not move I'm drive or 3rd gear from a stop. But it will go in reverse 1, and 2nd from a stop and go just fine. Now if I shift the car into 3rd or drive after I'm going it seems to work just fine. So if I shift to 3rd when I'm going over 30-40 ish works just fine then shift to drive at about 45 it works just fine. Can someone please help me I can't figure it out and I refuse to pay out the a** to have someone else do it when I'm more than capable myself.

SOURCE: Stopped shifting

Happened to mine ,, Simple solution : Take it to transmission maintenance,, they clean up the mesh and fresh fluid,, will shift properly, will run like new.

SOURCE: Was running perfectly, great milage, drove 35

I was having problems with 2001 Lexus also at the end of November beginning of December of this year. I needed inspection, the 3rd oxygen sensor was replaced. Mechanic stated that the noise from my car seemed to be coming from the Transmission. mechanic asked me to drive the car for a few days to be sure the oxygen sensor was fine. On my way back to drop off car for final inspection the car started to buck. Brought it back to mechanic, left it with him, he called and the car stopped moving. I had to have the transmission replaced plus the wall in back where fluid was leaking. Cost $3,200.00 plus towing $150. Plus oxygen sensor part and replacement and inspection another $600.00. Now runs very well, expensive however much less than the expensive of a new car. Happy New Year!!

SOURCE: Volvo 2006 S60 refuses to move in reverse direction

your problem lies in the internal parts of your transmission which are the clutch linings, they are already worn out and starts to slide.

SOURCE: Transmission held 3rd gear longer

it could be the torque converter, but not a valve there is a separate valve for each gear, the chance of all the valves sticking at the same time would be rair but even if the converter has failed it will send trash all threw the transmission causing you transmission to have to be rebuilt or replaced, you have probably had a pump fail in the transmission witch would also cause you to have to rebuild the transmission or replace it, but you might just want to check the fluid level, you may have a leak and it is just so low on fluid it can not work.......GOOD LUCK