Q: I was driving my 2003 Chevy Impala and it just cut off and it sound like it wanna turn over and crank but it want
I Was omw to work and i was heading towards i-95 and As i was getting on Pembroke Road and i noticed my car just stopped , My Steering wheel was very hard to turn also please tell me what the problem may be so i can get the right part because all the mechanics keep telling me it's my fuel pump but I'm thinking it's my crankshaft
My car has an automatic transmission.
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