Q: Transmission slipping, jumping, noises
When I back out of the garage, my car feels like it's slipping, or the tires are grabbing the concrete. It also recently started hesitating or "jumping" at traffic lights. THAT problem seemed to go away, but now I'm hearing a sort of helicopter noise that gets louder while I'm speeding up. The mechanic checked the codes and says it's "internal transmission problem." Would problems with the transmission account for all the issues I've been seeing lately?
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