# 2006 Ford F150 won't shift into third or higher

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f150-wont-shift-into-third-or-higher/115964>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** transmissions, ford, f150\
**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f150-wont-shift-into-third-or-higher/115964 "2018-04-19T23:41:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![John36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@John36](https://community.cartalk.com/u/John36)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f150-wont-shift-into-third-or-higher/115964/1 "2018-04-19T23:41:38Z")

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My 4wdrive I have an auto transmission that good in 1st and 2nd drive not an higher. Its like it goes into neuatral.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-f150-wont-shift-into-third-or-higher/115964/2 "2018-04-20T13:46:12Z")

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Well, then, I’d say your transmission has a broken 3rd gear but that should be obvious.

Take it to a transmission shop and let them take a look. expect a rather large bill to rebuild the transmission.