Q: Is the transmission gone

asked by on December 18, 2016

I put it in reverse it goes in drive , neural and it goes in drive , every gear is drive , I notice a back censor passenger side is broke could that be the problem or is the transmission gone ???? Thanks Daren

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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