Q: (Subaru Forster 2011) AT OIL TEMP is flashing after driving the car for a certain time. smell can be smiled from the gearbox maybe

asked by on December 28, 2017

(Subaru Forster 2011) AT OIL TEMP is flashing after driving the car for a certain time. smell can be smiled from the gearbox maybe.

Gearbox oil was changed recently in order to solve the issue but it wasn't solved. My car has 200000 miles. My car has an automatic transmission

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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