Q: i was driving my 2008 Pontiac G8 down the road was heading up a hi and ll of a sudden nothing pulled over to the side of the road

asked by on March 22, 2018

i was driving my 2008 Pontiac G8 down the road was heading up a hi and ll of a sudden nothing pulled over to the side of the road then after I got it home I got back in to it and started it and it went into gear, I looked under the car and seen some plug that was unhooked?

My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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