Q: My car is sputtering
It started today when I left from work. It never done this until today. It's making a light sputtering and when I'm at a complete stop while it's still in drive It does it and I can slightly feel the car move. When I got home I looked under the hood to check the hoses and stuff but everything is connected probably so I turned it on and looked underneath and I noticed some light exhaust coming from the exhaust pipe but not from the end. Close to it but not the end. Could a hole in my exhaust pipe make my car sputter like it is?
My car has 195000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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