Q: My Car Jerks and Stalls after driving it for an hour
HELP! im driving a 2006 jetta 2.5 with 160,000 miles , it jerks and stalls when going about 40 mph another thing noticed the rpm gauge goes crazy but recently another what is happening is when i press the gas it stalls while the rpm gauge shoots up and once again jerks! Also after driving it and finally parking it jerks when I put it from reverse to Drive does it all the time when the my car is warm one last thing when i was driving home it stopped showing what gear im in and the "prnds" all lit up at once i just want some peace of mind , what may be causing this ?
My car has 160000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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