Q: Car does not shift different gears when I'm driving just stays in one and the RPMs rise
When I'm driving my car it does not shift properly and when I put it into park to drive is a hard jerk and there's a howling noise when I'm driving it
My car has 178956 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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