Q: Question about an issue

asked by on August 27, 2017

Transmission felt like it was slipping and vehicle was losing power and speed up hills, engine light on. Stopped, Let car sit for 1.5hours, now no engine light and car is running fine. Anything to be done? Or wait until when/if it happens again? No indicators are on.

My car has 84000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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