Q: Gas pedal shakes when accelerating fast
It fine with normal acceleration but when I put the pedal to the floor it starts to shake slightly. I'm not looking to diagnos it but can you just tell me if its something I need to worry about or not?
My car has 122019 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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