Q: Car shut down while driving
have a 98 Honda accord LX the first thing I noticed noticed was my power locks stopped working. I had to then had to then manually open doors as well as roll windows down.I then purchased a battery all of a sudden about a week in my car cuts of while I'm driving. All of the lights on dashboard begins flickering and every time I try to start it I hear it trying to start but it doesn't and the lights flicker again. A mechanic said it's timing belt knock sensor and co2 something along those lines. It sounds more electrical to me what are your thoughts
My car has 254000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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