Transmission will not go into drive

2000 BUICK LESABRE
197,000 MILES • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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LJ MERRITT
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I can only shift into reverse. I just idle when I go into any drive position but reverse works fine.
Feb 14, 2019 at 5:31 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good morning,

If you have a good reverse and no forward gears, then it sounds like you have an internal failure inside the transmission. This will require removal and inspection for the failure.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/automatic-transmission-problems

Roy
Feb 15, 2019 at 4:46 AM