Q: Car wont shift from drive/reverse to park
I put it in neutral and put the e brake on but it wouldnt let me take the key out so i put it in rev and took the key out. Went inside to get help from a coworker and when i came back out the car wont start but there is power to everything and the check engine came on
My car has 135000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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