Q: Cold the trans shifts great but when it get warm it's like it's in neutral

asked by on August 07, 2016

Drive car 5-10 min when it get warm it goes to neutral but u can cut car off and do it all over again

My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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