Q: My toyota allion is struggling up hills

asked by on October 16, 2016

My car model is Toyota Allion four wheel full time. Up to few weeks back it was very fine and cruising was not a big deal even up hills. In fact now it slows down up hills even when my accelerator is on the floor with 5 revs. On plain stretches it still performs ok but takes longer to pick. What could be the problem?

My car has 73119 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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