Q: I’ve only had the truck for two days and the transmission starts to slip and skip it stays on 3rd gear and also stays accelerated.
I’ve only had the truck for two days and the transmission starts to slip and skip it stays on 3rd gear and also stays accelerated.
My car has 179000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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