Q: I have a 2000 buick lesabre and my transmission is slipping and it wont go over 30 mph and i never had transmission service sent i

asked by on January 23, 2017

Its slipping and it wont let me go over 30 mph and its revs up and i have to cut tha car off and turn it back on

My car has 286995 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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