Q: Car troubles

asked by on October 29, 2016

I was driving last night when all of a sudden it locked up and I had to pull over..Then I cut my car off an it cranked but it stalled so we tried gas treatment because nothing else seemed wrong an the gauges where all good .. that didn't work so we decided to leave the car over night ..this morning we went back an it will turn over but not crank

My car has 194509 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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