Q: Car bogs down when I cut the wheels too sharp

asked by on July 03, 2016

When I turn my wheels to sharply, it seems like the car almost quits moving forward. Seems like the power steering goes out but I checked the fluid. Is this a tranny prob? How much to fix it?

My car has 194000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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