Well there seems to be no rhyme or reason for the failure to happen. Hot, cold, fast, slow, 1 hour, or 10 minutes... However every time it fails it throws the "SRS air bag" light on the dash flashing. Some times it will stay lit and other times flash randomly and go back to full lit. The true symptoms are no first gear, no over drive, and in drive it has no downshifting, in 3rd it is the same as drive, in 2nd it will downshift to 2nd, and in 1st it is the same as 2nd. when accelerating in drive and 3rd there is no 1st or 2nd, in 2nd or 1st there is only 2nd gear. The major hang up, and thing that is making me believe it is electrical is that i could go out and drive it and it will be fine. Stop some where and it will fail. Stop somewhere else and it will be fine. continue driving and it will fail mid stride. and it never fails slowly such as with a slipping trans. There is no jerking, jolting, or power fade.