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Report: Automatic transmission may overheat

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Model Years Affected: 1996, 1997

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In some vehicles, the automatic transmissions over heat light may come with sustained highway driving or driving at a sustained speed. Our technicians tell us that flushing the transmission and changing from Dextron lll to Dextron ll can help remedy this problem.

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