Q: Car won't start at all
The car was very low on gas to the point where gas light came on and it just shut off while I was driving. i tried to start it but nothing happended. I put gas in it and oil and tried to start it several times and nothing happened What is the problem? Is it something that I could just fix somehow
My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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