Q: Car whent into limp mode I belive but once I turned it off it wouldent turn back over
I was driving and it made a stutter threw the whole car then it wouldent stop driving never exceeding 25 mph unless I was pressing the gass once I got to where i could park nun of the gears were working and the e brake wasent working I turnd the car off and the e brake worked but gears still wouldent. I waited a few min then tryed to start it and it wouldent start
My car has an automatic transmission.
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