Your car starts off in second gear... so you are saying you are stuck in 2nd
gear. I would start out by changine out the ATF fluid and filter... flush
all old fluid out by changing only the fluid for two times and then change
the filter and fluid on the third time. You have a drainbolt on the tranny
pan.

If there is vacuum problem, you would have hard shifting. It is wise to
change out the little vacuum hose by the tranny... they frequently go bad
and leaks vacuum.

Oh dear, a Bill Gates gremlin.

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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shut my car off and restart it, then it

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Not sure about this car.  Some models do have a kickdown switch (or
maybe called something else) under the gas pedal.  If the switch is
stuck closed, it will force the trany to stay in 2nd (the starting gear).