Q: Why does my truck only go forward? I changed the shift solenoid and other sensor on the transmission.

asked by on March 15, 2017

Well had problem with the engine sound like a diesel change spark plug n coils n h2o sinor n more sinor wasn't that so we had change the shift sinor n other 2 sinor thats around the transmission n then we crank up n it only goes forward

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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