Q: Crank but no start

asked by on May 26, 2017

I have no start situation.It all started while driving my suv just died on me when I pushed the gas pedal, now it wont start back up.Actually it will start off and on but when it did start it died and wont restart. I was told that it had no spark so I changed the spark plugs but still nothing. I was told fuel filter. I do get gas from shrudder valve .could it be the tps. Battery and the terminals are new.

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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