Q: Chirping and clanking sound
My suv makes an awful sound only when accelerate. The faster i go the faster and louder it gets. I let off the gas it goes away..and again if i slowly creep up to a stop or slowly begin to accel from a stop, can also feel it under my feet through floor board.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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