Q: 1989 ford truck stuck in drive but the shifter goes to all of the gears selections with no change.
truck is in forward gear but the shifter goes to all gears park ,rev drive, but only goes forward and feels like it tries to go foward even in park
My car has 176458 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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