Q: My car turns on then shakes then it won't turn on can you please help me out.

asked by on December 16, 2016

Please help me out. So I was driving then all the sudden my car decided not to turn on... i tried to turn it on aND it would shake then turn off. Can u please help me out.

My car has an automatic transmission.

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