Q: coil catches on fire meltdown when I'm trying to start my car
my car died when I was going down the road cranks over but doesn't start so when I pulled over I noticed that the smoke was coming out from under the hood so I got out and look under the hood and I noticed the coil was smoking severely so I turn the key to the off position and it quit smoking I noticed the coil burned
My car has an automatic transmission.
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