Q: Car drives in 1 and 2 also reverse but car feels like its in neuturl when its on D

asked by on April 26, 2017

My car still drives in 1&2 but not in D or 3 unless I get the car going up to about 25 mph and hit it up to D and it will continue driving. Once I slow down or come to a complete stop I have to switch it to 1 or 2 to get it moving again.

My car has 25000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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