Q: Lack of acceleration

asked by on January 22, 2017

Change almost about everything I'm wondering since my radiator fan isn't coming on and it's overheating that could cause the car to jerk and feels like it's straving for gas.

My car has 170000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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