Q: Jerking reaction when accelerating

asked by on January 19, 2017

Mr car a toyota Ceres when driving it would slip outt of gear and bucks especially heading for hills at times it won't move at all then I would have to restart the vehicle until another like 20 minutes or so it acts up again an now it only goes in reverse an not going forward and an also makes their wiring sounds as if its straining what can be the cause for this?
My car has an automatic transmission.

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