Well I really don't know where to start.

I have a 98 Contour 2.5 6Cyl. I have had for about six months now a check engine light on. About the same time frame I started having this problem. Please be nice as I am trying to tell you what I am feeling when it happens.

While driving down the road at diferent speeds it will act like it jumped into nuetral. The RPM's will jump up until I let off of the gas pedal. When I let off of the gas pedal it seems to jump into a really low gear becuase the car jerks very hard and starts going again. It does not do it all of the time but when it does it I feels like I will blow my engine. There is no set time or place or event that this happens.

Last night my wife calls me and tells me that the O/D light is flashing as soon as she started the car and left work. At city travel the car could not go faster than 30 MPH. It would do the "shifting thing" over and over again. So i assume it was at low and high speeds of up to 50MPH. Had to have it towed to a shop.

Again does not do this all of the time. And again will seem to go into neutral then back into gear really hard.

I am not a mechanic in anyway. I read this intire tranaxile fourm and decided that this thread best explains or seems to resemble my problem. Everyone at this point is telling to get new ATX. That cost to me in AZ is about 2 grand. Talked with uncle who owns B an B trans in Colorado and he says without code he can't help but sounds like I think he said a Inner SPrag or something elect. Of course in his defence he is a state away and only has what I am telling without codes.

After reading this forum I called the shop and advised them to tell me exactly what code pops up when they get a chance. It has been to the same shop now six times for same problem. It never does the shifting thing for the tech working on it. It has left me and my family on the side of the road four times from this problem. I would like to know what all of you think I should do to get this fixed. I will do what it takes at this point. I have eight payments left on the car. I cannot aford a new car at this time cause I am a low paid cop. Will check back on this forum every hour to get a responce.

Thank you in advance for your help.