Q: Hard starting in morning.

asked by on September 11, 2016

Hard start, acts like timing is off a little, and when it starts, acts like it's cold, like it has a carburetor,, but it is fuel injected. Also, once warm, easy starts, but seems like it's not at 100%. 2nd, my left tail light is dimmer than the right side, blinker not working in tail light only. Connected?? Thanks!!!

My car has 179000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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