Q: 2000 Chevy truck broke down on the side of the road, just shut down and now won’t even turn over battery is showing good voltage b

asked by on January 13, 2018

Truck shut down while driving, won’t even turn over now, battery seems to be good

My car has 203000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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