Q: Power to car shuts off

asked by on February 01, 2017

While driving my radio, lights, dashboard, etc. shutoff but turned back on right away, the engine stayed on however, this happened a few times. When the power came back on the check engine light came on, and just now the car completely shut off while driving and I had to put it in start and start it again. The battery was replaced recently.

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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