Alright... Me and a friend recently went half and half to buy a 94 Galant GS "Gold Edition"... So its the 2.4 L DOHC, 4 wheel discbrake model that was only sold in 94 in the US... reasonably rare here...

Anyway... before buying this car... it spent nearly 5 months in a shop, for a engine rebuild, and a transmission problem... so supposedly they have replaced the transmission... this car is the automatic version...

the problem when it went into the shop... it wouldnt go past 2nd gear... thats been fixed... this sunday we pushed that car to 135 in a little street race... but even before the race, we found that the gear shift doesnt exactly match the dashboard display of what gear we are in... the shifter says Neutral... and the dash says drive.. we found the dash is more accurate... i know thats not normal

other then that, on occasion, if we bring it into gear to quickly... you hit the gas.. and get a tiny jerk, then its as if your in neutral.. and yet the display says drive...

hopefully someone has some ideas... we'd take it to the shop.. but the damn guy barely speaks english

Well ill speak the best english i can..... lack of being literate in english doesnt mean he / we cant do the job ha ha ha. Enough of that.

Yu seemingly will need to adjust the shift cable , and recheck the adjustment on the transmission range position switch/gear selection indicator on the transmission. Also will need to check , where the cable attaches to a bracket on the transmission, yu will need to make sure the cable bracket isnt bent or the rubber isnt worn causing the cable to have excessive movement. There could be a possibility that they are both adjusted a little incorrectly. One more than the other and yu may have to adjust the range position switch and the cable, the adjustment for the cable is near the range selection switch on the transmission