Q: My 2000 dodge caravan jumps when going over 35 mph. The wheel starts moving and the car shakes. I have already changed the shock a

asked by on August 17, 2017

The transmission was changed like 3 years ago so that is still fine. It stops shaking for a while and would start jumping/shaking at 55 mph and now it does it when it's at 35 mph or so.

My car has 250000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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