Q: My Honda Civic ex 2002 keeps shaking when I drive more then 20 miles. Then a huge crank noise somewhere inside the hood when I acc

asked by on October 24, 2017

My Honda Civic ex 2002 keeps shaking when I drive more then 20 miles. Then a huge crank noise somewhere inside the hood when I accelerate. What can it be?

My car has 121000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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