Q: Chizzling sound when start of acceleration, sound goes away after car is on the move.
chizzling sound when start of acceleration, sound goes away after. Also rattling sound from underneath the care when idle on drive mode, goes away when parked mode or neutral.
My car has 209000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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