Q: Car feels shakey

asked by on February 18, 2018

I was accelerating and gaining speed about 80 mph my car engine started shaking, then I slowed down and stopped and it was shaking and the car had poor acceleration after that. I would floor the car and it was driving just driving slow.

My car has 103000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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