Q: Mini van seems to jerk forward while stoppes

asked by on January 14, 2018

So we have a mazda mpv mini van,well lately it keeps jerking forward while I'm stopped at light or stop sign,started about week ago and it has got worse since it first started,I thought maybe was cold weather making it act up but it's got worse

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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