Q: Loss of power at slow speed or when cruising.

asked by on November 14, 2016

Car idles fine but when you take off either forward or reverse car seems to bog down or not run properly. It does the same thing cruising at 40mph. Seems like a low rpm problem.

My car has 78000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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