Q: 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee starts but then turns off! Then after a few tries it doesn’t start anymore!
Just got the car 03 Jeep and it was running fine. Last night leaving work I started the car, went to the back seat to get something, sit back down in the front and the car was off. I start the car again and put it in reverse and it just turned off again. Tried to start it again and this time it didn’t want to start. I left it for about 30 minutes till my ride got there and it started once more, drove it for about 1 minute and it just shut off again. What could it be? Never had this issue with any other car.
My car has 80000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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