Q: Does my transmission need to be replaced?
Out of no where my car stops and starts making horrifying loud grinding noises and will not accelerate so we parked it and went back later and it did fine in all gears except drive and it wasn't as near as loud as before. What would you say the problem is? Thanks in advance
My car has 3600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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