Q: Transmission

asked by on January 27, 2017

The only gear that is catching is park. When I put it in another gear it is like it is in neutral. I was thinking it is a linkage problem but I want to check with an exsperrt first

My car has 45000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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