Q: Having possible transmission problems on my car
My car has 95,000 miles on it. I've had the car for a year, and haven't had any issues with it until now. When driving, the car seems to hobble back and forth. It happens around 35-45 MPH. You can feel the car bobbing back and forth and can see the needle on the RPM gauge bob up and down. This seems to happen around 2000 RPMs. Lower speeds don't seem to be a problem, and once I hit 45+ MPH and shift, the issue goes away. I had a mechanic take a look at it yesterday, and he thinks that the transmission was in the early stages of going out. The transmission is automatic. What could be wrong?
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