Q: Race disconnection

asked by on August 01, 2016

Suddenly my car race get down seems like someone is switching off or some thing getting disconnected for 1 sec and then when I padel again it become normal. I didnt understand why it happening ..... I tried nothing up till yet as I dont know anything about car electrics or mechanics ...Pls advice what is the problem

My car has 137000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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