Q: Jeep shutting off and then hard to start.

asked by on January 06, 2016

If jeep is driven for an amount of time, it shuts off. I tried to restart, but nothing will happen with the 1st attempt. Then on the 2nd or 3rd attempt it will start, but it takes a few seconds to turn over.

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