Q: Car shaking

asked by on April 28, 2017

When I'm parked or stopped at a light my car shakes and I feel a vibration through the steering wheel or when I go above 55 my car beings to shake and when I back up it sputters what could it be ?

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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