Q: Took my car into shop for regular oil change and now it comes back with engine light on and it won't start back up now. My car was

asked by on June 23, 2017

Took my car into shop for regular oil change and now it comes back with engine light on and it won't start back up now. My car was not doing that before. I get my oil changed at the time my stick in window says. My regular place was closed so I had to go to another company. I was driving fours to another city and wanted my oil checked. Now I don't have a working car. Why
My car has an automatic transmission.

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