Q: Transmission Solenoid
How to know and when should I change my automatic transmission solenoid on my car? is there a particular mileage where it is supposed to be changed? Is this the reason why my car "sometimes" won't reverse or go into reverse gear?
My car has 19800 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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