Q: Only have reverse

asked by on February 19, 2017

bought the car for 500...guy said it dis hen it gets warm trans acts up...drove it home fine found the shift cable was broke...fixed that checked the fluids topped it off and now it only has reversent and acts as though I'm trying to pull a bus in 1-4

My car has 164000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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