Q: I went today to get all my fluids refilled (except brake fluid)

asked by on December 22, 2017

My transmission is slipping and my car just shuts off while I’m driving and when I go to turn it back on it is having trouble turning on .

My car has 175667 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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