Q: Transmission 2nd gear not engaging properly.

asked by on May 12, 2016

After w gain some speed and the transmission starts engaging 2nd gear the car twitches a lottle bit and the engages 2nd gear.

My car has 106000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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