Q: My transmission jerked when I took off and then about half of mile down road stopped pulling. Rpms rared and speedometer dropped
My truck jerked real hard and bout half a to a mile down the road stopped pulling rpms raed and speedometer dropped
My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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