Q: My speedometer drops past 70 when I may be going only 35 mph 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis
My speedometer drops past 70 when I'm only going about 35 mph trying to figure out what is about to go wrong before I'm caught off guard.
My car has 179569 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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