Q: Why when my truck is drove for a while it's won't crank back up until you let it cool off?

asked by on November 29, 2017

Truck run fine but when it's drove for a while it acts like the battery is dead and won't start until it cools off

My car has 24600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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