Q: When accelerating I hear a poping noise coming from under the car like where the muffler is at and it hapoens on and off at times
When accelerating like on a 4 lane road the car makes the poping noise while I'm accelerating and when I'm in neighborhoods the noise stops and the check engine light is on
My car has 93 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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