How many times should my auto 91 dodge Dakota shift?

I have a 1991 dodge Dakota and when I bought it some one told me that it was missing 2nd gear but it seems to shift just fine. But i don't know how many times it's supposed to shift.|||If you have the lockup OD transmission, you will have a one-two shift, a two-three shift, a three-OD shift and on mine and my wife's trucks we can feel the convertor lock (the lock is subtle) and see the tach drop about two-three hundred RPM.





So four shifts if you count the convertor lock.|||Here is an example to try and help you understand automatic transmissions listen and watch the speed and rpm gauges as you drive from for example 0-20, 20-40,40-60,60-80 kms an hr.You should see that the rpms go up and then the transmission shifts then the same thing will occur during every shift from 0-80 kms an hr and the rpms will stay up higher at higher speeds for example they might sit just under or higher then 2000 rpms at 80-120 kms an hr.








Hope that helps and best of luck.By the way if it's shifting properly second gear must be okay bec otherwise the rpms would be quite high and you'd hear reving noises.