what might be hapening is you are low on fluid...i had that problem when low hehehe since i had a massive leak before i had work done....if i would go up a hill the engine sometimes stalled as high as 4k before engaging the trans..since there was no fluid in the system to engage the bands...

Try checking your level the following way...turn car on...take dipstick out, clean, measure, clean again, measure again...

at all times only add atf+3

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