Q: Oxygen sensor

asked by on May 03, 2017

My van will start up and it would drive so far and then it will shut off we took it to O'Reilly's and they said my O2 sensor was bad but I don't know which one I have a 2003 Kia Sedona with over 200,000 miles on it
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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