Q: why is my gear shifter hard to move until the car is warm checked cable it was fine

asked by on February 15, 2017

I accidentally poured oil in to my transmission got that fixed. now my gear shifter for my 2010 pt cruiser is hard to move into gear what could be the problem. had cable checked it was fine

My car has 76000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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