Q: Car shudder/vibrations when accelerate

asked by on January 18, 2017

Whenever I accelerate my car Audi a4 06 shudders & vibrates. Their isn't any noises, check engine light came on.

My car has 132000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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