Q: Transmission problem?
my 06 dodge charger started making a whining sound, the transmission started to jerk when I tried to pull off. then the car wouldn't excellerate, its done this 3 months ago, I had the fluid changed and it started back driving, now its doing the same thing back again.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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