Q: 2001 Saturn died on the road.. tried to restart it and the security light is flashing and won't turn over

asked by on January 22, 2018

My car died in the middle of the road .. tried to restart and the security light is flashing

My car has 98000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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