Q: Car battery reads cold and acts like its cold weather out
Brand new battery, worked fine the last few weeks since i got it but now its causing problems with my truck. It reads cold on the temp gauge and has a check engine light on and it doesnt start without starting fluid in the air intake now. Its july. Why would anything under the hood be cold at this time of year?
My car has 98297 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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