Q: My 2004 Nissan altima runs good but won't drive I was going down the road and the tranny just quit no warning no slipping no noise

asked by on August 31, 2017

We were driving down the road and the transmission just quit no warning no slipping no check engine light no noise just nothing and everything else is fine nothing else went wrong

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

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