Q: on the dash board my truck was in park but when i pulled the gear shift down in drive the car still was in park
i cut my car off to run in the store when i came back to crank the car up and put in drive the car didnt go nowhere the dash board states the car still was in park. i played with the gear to see was it stuck then after 10 mintues the car finally went into drive
My car has 123658 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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