Q: First 20 min of driving my car it will rumble and shake when I put it in reverse but after the 15-20 min it will go away
After not driving my car for 7 hours it will shake and rumble when putting it in reverse , but after the first 15-20 min of driving it will go away.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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