Q: Died,then wouldn't crank for a few min then cranked and drive but cut out once in the way back home.

asked by on August 19, 2016

I drove my Suburban about 25 miles to the next town and it drove fine I went in the store for about 30 minutes my daughter come out before me and cranked it but whenever I got to the car it was off it had died so I cranked it back up and went to leave the store and it died in the parking lot I cranked on it 2 or 3 4 times I don't know and it wouldn't crank so I was going to push it out of the way and my mom got in and it cranked right up I drove it back home and cut out one time but did not die I just don't know what the issue might be

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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