Q: I have a 2013 nissian altima and just a couple days ago it started to make a noise under the car I was thinking it could be the ex
I hear a noise under the car I think it could be the exhaust because I went fast over a speed bump and like the next day I started to hear the noise not sure what it is
My car has 100000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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