Q: My Jeep won't start

asked by on April 03, 2017

My Jeep Wrangler 2000 started in the garage this morning, but when I put it in gear, it ran like 2 meters and shut off. I tried to turn it on, it cranks but won't start.

My car has 129000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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