Q: Had a computer check done and the scanner said to replace the Oxygen sensor.
when driving how do i know oxygen sensor needs to be changed.had a computer check done .and it was told sensor was bad.when driving how do i know sensor is bad?
My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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