Q: The car drove over a lot of snow and got stuck in first gear
Hello. I have transmission issues on my car with around 130,000 miles on it. I was thinking it might have something to do with the very cold weather and the snow storm that hit the area recently. My car won't shift out of the first gear. It happened after I drove over a significant amount of snow. I cannot even shift it manually now. What should I do? Is it necessary to replace the transmission? Please give me some advice.
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