Q: Truck will shift sometimes then it doesn't shift. If you wait a while it will shift again. We are trying to figure out what's going on

asked by on October 02, 2016

Truck will shift sometimes then it doesn't shift. If you wait a while it will shift again. We are trying to figure out what's going on

My car has 128795 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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