I have a 96 Chrysler Cirrus with autotrans and only 85,000 miles on it and it's doing something weird. Almost two years ago while going up a fwy onramp it kicked into passing gear and wouldn't come out of it. I pulled off the fwy (not at all sure if I smelled something like burned paint) and turned off the key. Started it up again and all seemed fine.... till tonight. It did pretty much the same thing again only twice tonight in fwy traffic. I was slowing to a crawl and the next time I accelerated it was in passing gear (2nd?) and would come out until I stopped the car and turned off the ignition. It did seem warmer in the car but maybe it was my imagination. I'm not sure if I should take it to a chrysler dealer to inspect it or straight to a tranny shop. By the way I later drove home from my destination (30 miles) and it ran ok.
Fluid level seems fine and is chrysler type fluid. Any ideas what might be happening?
Yks