Q: My 2013 chey impala ltz reads engine idle and trans hot what do I need to do to stop this from happening and my trans is not shift
My transmission is not shifting out properly which causes me to receive the message engine idle trans hot what is the cause of this
My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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