Q: My electric bolt symbol came on on my 08 Durango wondering why

asked by on January 05, 2018

My electric bolt symbol came on just now never has I have 260,000 miles but taken good care of my vehicle yesterday it tried to run hot I added anti freeze but it still was trying to get hot until I got up to 55/60 then it went down and my heat in car starts running cold sometimes but when I get going it will heat up ....
My car has an automatic transmission.

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