Q: When I'm going 55 and accelerate the car vibrates but when I'm excelerating it is fine...

asked by on November 13, 2017

When I get up to like 55 the car shakes only when excelerating. But when I let off the gas it's fine.

My car has 176000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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