Q: Am i reading that you come to my location for repairs, or is this information misleading ?
The car surges while accelerating. From what i am reading it appears to be a spark plug, or fuel pump possibly ? Looking to get a rough estimate of cost to repair.
My car has 135000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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