how tell if tranny/tc is going bad?

[nino]

i feel like my car is driving sluggish quite a bit lately. i mean i have all kinds of problems, but this one is kinda new. for example, after being at as stop sign i can accelerate but the car seems to be moving at half its optimum. i can hear it rev high, but i am moving way slower than usual. it moves if i punch it, but if i want a gradual increase it really takes its time. BUT it only seems to do this sporadically.

[stagen]

Did you do the TC yet? Shoot me a message so we can do that filter in the trans and at that time we can look and see what else is going on.

<slaps head> Sorry, i was thinking about someone else.

[ August 22, 2002: Message edited by: stagen ]</p>

[Chrisz24]

sounds like your trans is not shifting back into 1st and maybe stoping in 2nd possibly 3rd.
from what I rember the 2000's dont have SGS second gear start but I could be wrong.

[2KV6fbody]

I have a 2000 and it has sgs. Try manually shifting the automatic to see if it is a gear start problem.