Q: Surge of power from motor, brakes may be the cause
Recently I have been having the alarming problem with my 2006 Toyota Corolla of random surges of power while the car is stopped. The car has an automatic transmission and has around 60,000 miles on it. Luckily the brakes are always applied when the car surges and there haven’t been any crashes because of it. I do worry that it could surge forward while the car is in motion.
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