Q: MY car will not move after running for a mew minutes, engine just revs.
After about 5 mins of running my 05 equinox does not wanna move it'll shift in to reverse and drive fine as long as it's cold but when it warms up it stops moving and the engine just revs
My car has 119000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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