Ford: Ford Taurus Transmission, ford taurus, model ford

Question
My 1997 model Ford Taurus is starting to develop transmission problems. For about the last three weeks when I put the car in reverse it makes the radio cut out. The radio does not power off or anything it just cuts out the sound. When the car is put into drive or park or netrual the radio works fine.

Yesterday, the car started developing a problem with not shifting into overdrive. The first three gears shift fine, but it is not allowing the car to shift into OD. To me this sounds like a senisor or wiring short problem. Any suggestions? The car has about 130,000 miles on it.

Any help would be appreciated

Answer
Kevin  is this a 3.0 or a 3.8? it sounds like you either have  a bad mlp sensor or your o/d band is going bad .when was the last time you done a trans severce? you have to have the car comp tested to see if you have any codes in it .lets start with this.