Let's start off by saying I know absolutely nothing about cars. So bear with me.
This problem ALWAYS happens after I stop the car and then try to accelerate again.
I will press the gas pedal and it will JUST start to accelerate and then the car will jerk and the O/D Off light will start flashing. And even though I'm continuing to press the gas pedal (the rpms shoot up HOWEVER the speedometer stops working and stays at 0), the car will not go faster than about 2 mph. Then after a minute, the car will kick again, the light will go off, and it will accelerate.
Just the other day, I was stopped at a light, and when it turned green I hit the gas pedal and the car didn't move AT ALL. The rpms went up, the speedometer didn't move, and I stayed in one spot.
NOTE: If I restart my car, it runs fine again.
This has been happening for a few months now (started out happening maybe once a month) but now it is happening daily. I'm not sure what the problem could be so any advice would be helpful. Obviously I'm going to have the car looked at, but I would like to hear what you THINK it sounds like, just so I can get an idea of maybe what I'm dealing with.
Thank you!
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