Q: I have been having a engine power reduced signal showing and my g6.

asked by on March 08, 2017

My power steering has been acting up the engine power reduced signal has come on and today after hearing a loud squeaky noise the belt popped off! I don't have an idea of what to fix first what could possibly be wrong?

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

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