Q: The AC stopped working. It blew cold on passenger side only. At same time car was sounding like it was stuck in low gear.
The AC stopped working. I had it repaired. But, then only blew cold on passenger side. Thereafter, the car started making a noise like it was stuck in a low gear and seemed like it was lagging. Recently, while I was driving the car down shifted on it own the awd and break light on dash came on and then flashed next thing I know the car turns off and all the lights go off. Not sure what is going on with car. Has 115k miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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