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Hello my name is Amber and I have a Toyota Camry 95. There's actually a few things wrong with my vehicle and I am scared to just go to a mechanic because they treat women like we're stupid and then make us pay for unnecessary work. The car shifts into D R N 2 and L clean but when I'm driving and trying to pick up speed the car doesn't shift ...
This morning I turned on my car and the check engine light came on while the VSC light blinked and the traction signal was also on. When I try to accelerate on the highway, it will get to about 50 and stop while the rpms still want to increase?
In the morning when we first use the car it runs great until the car warms up then when we stop at a red light the car doesn't want to go. From 0 to 20 mph, the rpms go to 3 sometimes 4 -- and if we take our foot off the gas, the car kicks in and then drives normal until we stop again. After it get past 20 mph it drives great.
My car was fine until it started making a noise in motor. I was at work and when I got a off work and started driving home, the engine lite came on and it wouldn't shift, and it would jump high rpms, and it would only go in third gear, and then it wouldn't go at all .

Trouble codes: P0500, P0700, P0963, P0967. My vehicle has driveability issues. There are no noticeable smells or strange noises. When it's engaged in reverse it drives fine. When I shift to drive it accelerates slowly. If I keep accelerating the vehicle can exceed speeds of 50mph. In any gear the transmission is engaged(D, R, I, 2) the engine RPMs ...


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