Stays in 1st gear

Assuming your transmission is good becuase your car "only" has 130,000 miles on it is like saying your house can't burn down because it's only 60 years old. The two have nothing in common. New transmissions break. Transmissions that should have died a long time ago keep on going.

I don't know how these transmissions are controlled, but I'd bet there's something wrong with it... or the electronics driving it. There really aren't too many more options, and based solely on my observations of other items, the electronics usually outlast the mechanicals when they're not designed to operate at their limits.

JS

look on the this site:

He is really good with dsm transmissions. Before someone totalled 96 I had his shift kit and other AT mods.

Try it...