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asked by on March 03, 2017

I have a 2007 toyota yaris/vitz, car drives on low speeds but whenever i press the accelerator the CEL flashes and the car does not speed. What seems to be the problem?

My car has 60000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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