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I have a 15 with a 5.3 my question is sometimes 1.when going downhill the truck goes in to neutral until I rev it up or come to a complete stop 2. the flair shift from 1-2 are so bad its going to cause an accident one of these days 3. when driving after it shifts to say 3rd it feels like its slipping and than grabs, torque converter? 4.when accelerating the tq converter feels like it is slipping until I mash the peddle and than it feels like it locks up. the dealer says they cannot reproduce these symptoms. does anyone have any ideas my buddy says it could be a valve body. also any one from the Greensburg pa area know of any good dealers. I used to go to star but am tired of the run around. also there is no check engine light. this is my first auto so I have no idea about them. also the fluid smells kind of burnt and is no longer bright red more of a slightly dirty pink any help would be greatly appreciated

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dirty pink? like dirty strawberry milkshake pink? perhaps you are getting coolant in there? from a malfunctioning radiator

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Yeah i don't know left the dealer today and got the all is normal as usual. So I'm just going to drive it until it dies. The truck only has 18000 on the clock. such bs

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