Q: With my prevoius question when it overheated the instrument panel on the dash when dead and non of the gauges moved and all the du

asked by on October 29, 2016

With my previous question when it overheated the all the dummy lights came on and instrument panel went dead non of the gauges moved and the radio flickered

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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