Q: Temperature Gauge

asked by on February 25, 2017

I had a problem with my Pontiac grand prix a month ago, I was driving and temperature gauge went all the way up to very hot, I had that fixed and everything taken care off. So now I'm having that same problem but now when I slow down or make a complete stop and when I put it in park. When I turn on the heater it doesn't seem to heat much as well also.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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