I finally got around to pulling codes and I got a "DTC:15 NO VEHICLE SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL DETECTED DURING ROAD LOAD CONDITIONS". A symptom of this sensor failing are "can cause an automatic transmission to go into limp mode, and not shift above second gear". Think I found my problem.

Last edited by CHRGR69; 06/27/18 01:14 PM.
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