Q: Hold light and engine light flashing, car shaking.

asked by on February 18, 2017

I was half way home, and coming to a stop, when my car started shaking, i took my turn, and within a minute, the lights, check engine and HOLD light started flashing. When I go up a hill, it doesnt seem to get out of third shift. When im slowing down, or when the car is idling, the shaking is worse.

My car has 4700 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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Hi there. You might want to have a professional mobile mechanic come to your location and complete a check engine light inspection to determine what is causing these warning lights to come on. When a sensor discovers a fault within an electrically operated or controlled component, it triggers a fault code and stores this in the ECU. The fault code then illuminates a warning or service light to let you know a problem exists.

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