Q: Car vibrates when shifting at 3krpm but not 2 or 4 and vibrates when moving at 3krpm why?
Car vibrates at 3krpm when shifting and when highway driving vibrates at 3krpm. It shifts with no issues it's the vibration that gets really annoying.
My car has 94000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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