Q: My van randomly shuts off and the steerling wheel locks , its a 1996 Plymouth Voyager with 141k miles on it.

asked by on July 27, 2017

Sometimes the van will randomly shut off and the wheel will lock while im driving.

My car has 141 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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