Q: my 1996 plymouth grand voyager 3.3 v6 ran fine all winter, june came the first hot day it stopped running, it was like it was runn

asked by on June 09, 2017

why does my car act like it runs out of gas when the weather gets hot. auto zone says I need an o2 and a map sensor. the temperature gage is always normal

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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