Q: Tires shaking??
When I drive my van for a short distance it's fine but when I've been driving for a while it starts to smell like burnt rubber and the tires start shaking violently. It does this especially on high temperature days. I do check the water level everyday and it still has the antifreeze.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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