Q: The gas and check ingine light is on and my car wont change gears i have to turn on and off many times before finally switching
My car was working fine and then all of a sudden i tried to leave and it said im on empty and the check engine light came on and it wont let me change gears now i havr to turn off and on the car multiple times before it finally changes gears
My car has 66444 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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