Q: Heat and transmission i think

asked by on December 09, 2016

My heat wont come on unless i hit a bump and when i do it barely blow heat. Also my car wont shift wen its supposed to i even put fluid in it j still same results

My car has 23339 miles.
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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