Q: I shift car in reverse and will go into drive but haft to rev a few times for it to engage

asked by on July 13, 2016

It shifts fine once you get it to go in drive but when u slowdown to about 10 to 5 miles an hour it shifts in neutral and has to rev it again to get it back into drive I can't shift in reverse at all

My car has 105276 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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