Transmission

I have a 98 plymouth van. Lately when the car is cold the trans would not
shift into 3rd until the engine would warm up, then it worked fine.
Yesterday I went hunting and had to go through about 6 inches of snow in
second gear to get their. When I came out of the woods the trans wouldn't
work in any gear. Can a trans die in every gear or is this a linkage
problem???

 

Of course it can die in every gear. Transmissions have several individual
components that have to work before you can move. The pump is one, but there
are lots more.

 

I think what you mean is the trans is not shifting???

So it is stuck in second gear all the time???

If so, then you likely have the 4-speed automatic, and this is known
as "limp mode".

Get your van to a competant trans shop, and have them read the codes
in the transmission computer (this is NOT the codes from the engine
computer!).

This recently happened to me, and my solenoid pack was bad. That
repair was WAY cheaper than rebuilding the entire trans, but you wont
know what is up until the codes are read, and proper diagnostics have
been done!

Good luck.