Q: My car is stuck in reverse but the shifter is in park what do I do?

asked by on July 02, 2017

Well I was reversing and then tried to go forward but when I switched too drive the car started to reverse so I'm guessing it stayed in reverse. It won't turn on too move. I pushed it and parked it and put my E BREAK ON !

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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