1997 Grand Prix GT. Love this car. Mechanic says it has no first gear & needs a new tranny, but I am hearing that a bad ignition switch (GM) could cause an open circuit to the tranny and cause this? I do not even notice anything wrong with the tranny, but I am a girl who knows not much about cars. I took off watching the RPMS and it goes down 2x, but I can never get fast enough around here to see it go down a third...1 x around 25-35 mph, 2 x around 55 mph.... x 3 cannot get going around here to find out if the RPMS drop a third. The lights on my dash flicker all the time, which I hear can also be related to the ignition switch. Idles kind of rough. Trash the car?? HELP!! Thanks!!! - Jen