Q: Car might have a transmission fluid leak
I was driving today and all of a sudden, I couldn't go forward. I peered under the car and I think that I might have a small transmission leak. I don't know how to check the transmission fluid level, or how to add any fluid. How can I check and see if the fluid is the problem?
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