Q: Every time I turn my car on and put it in gear it turns off and when I was driving it last night it was shaking when I went over 6
My car turns on but as soon as you switch the gear from park it shuts off. Last night before it started doing this it was shaking every time I went over 60. What could it be? It even shut off and we had to push it into the driveway.
My car has 106000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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