When I go over even small bumps it acts like it is going to shut down?

Tiny
AMY MARIE
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  • 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER
  • 2.4L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 94,508 MILES
My car has been revving up when I turn it on for the last couple days and when I go over even small bumps it acts like it's going to shut down. It started bout 2 days ago on way back home from town my engine started revving really high between to the 6-7 range and wouldn't shift into gear at all I had to pull over about halfway home to manually shift it into first and that didn't help either. I live about 20 or so minutes from town and I barely made it back home before it started to stall out and shut off. When I turned car off it did smell like something was burning, but no smoke coming out of from hood was actually cold and smell only last couple minutes so I parked it overnight and then drove it bout 1/4 mile to work and back home it still revved up but not as bad. Then I drove it again today after putting Lucas stop slip in, it barely made to store which was about 10 or so minutes away from my house. It shifted a little bit but then started to stall and did the same on way back from store tried to stall again.
Thursday, September 8th, 2022 AT 4:22 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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So, does it seem like the transmission is slipping or not shifting? If the problem is not shifting, I would say the TIPM is going out which is common, but it is easy to replace because it self learns. To be sure you should do a CAN scan which is easy to do, you can get a CAN scanner (Controller Area Network) from Amazon for about $30.00.

Here is a video to show you how:

https://youtu.be/u-4syLc-ifQ

Here is a scanner link:

https://amzn.to/3o41KcZ

Here is how you can change the TIPM out. Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.
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Friday, September 9th, 2022 AT 12:24 PM

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