Q: Transmission not shifting

asked by on March 18, 2017

I cannot put my car's gear into park 'P'. It goes to all other position but this. Please help me if it is a major issue or something i could fix it from a small garage.

Cheers,

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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