I have a 96 Protege that wants to stay in gear. Let me explain. It was fine yesterday and when I went to leave work today. I put it in drive and no go. I then put it in second and off I went. when I got home I waited for it to cool down to get under the hood to see if any wires were unpluged but It looks ok. I again went for a test drive and put it in drive and off I went but it didn't want to shift into second gear so I put it in neutral and back to drive and it shifted but it will not shift on its own. I can even get it to shift to third or anything. I need help as I work 35 miles from my home and this is my only car. Thank you...

 

bump for help

 

I would check the fluid level and smell it to see if it has a BURNT smell. Should be clean and not BLACK.Might just be low. Does it shift good when it gets warm?

 

no warm cooled nothing changes. the Fluid does look alittle dark but doesn't smell burnt or anything. also the fluid is at the proper level...