Q: The car while driving just dies on me and now can't get it to start again, and the OBll code is p0452 ( evaporative emission contr

asked by on January 08, 2017

While driving the car dies on me and now it won't start again and the OBll code reads po452 evaporative emission control system.

My car has 88000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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