Q: Issue about my "cylinder 3 misfire detected" is message what I see on computer...can you help me?its a big issue?

asked by on October 24, 2016

I have issue on my screen I have message "cylinder 3 misfire detected" it's a big problem?

My car has 68000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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