Q: No more transmission for me
The automatic transmission in my 2013 Mazda CX-5 totally failed on me the other day while driving on the highway. It was scary, it shifted out of one gear and never found another one. I realized it was happening and pulled over before something bad happened. I am really concerned with this issue happening at all, let alone in a car with only 6,500 miles on it! What do I do now?
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