Q: want change out of 3rd gear want go in reverse service light on.
My 2006 Hyundia Sonata transmission gets suck and won't change out of 3rd gear I have to pull over turn the car off and then start it back up and I will run ok for awhile. It also won't reverse and the service light on. Now when I drive it's just shifting down to third gear hard and stays there. Do I need a new transmission or can it be fix simply.
My car has 202000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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