car switches into a kind of over revving and hardly driving?

2017 TOYOTA CARINA

197,000 MILES • 2.0L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC

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On drive the car switches into a kind of over drive thereby revving the car hardly and then driving becomes nearly impossible. The problem is becoming persistent.

Jul 13, 2023 at 3:37 AM

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The first thing I would do is change the transmission fluid, here is a guide to help and instructions for your car in the images below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-and-add-transmission-fluid

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-service-an-automatic-transmission

let's run the codes as well to see if anything comes up.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.

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Jul 13, 2023 at 4:48 PM