Q: Won't drive over 20mph. Reduced engine speed

asked by on January 05, 2017

My check engine light came on today. It was driving fine earlier. I went to drive it again and it started to act funny. Almost like it wasn't getting enough gas. Then it said reduced engine speed. Now it doesn't drive over 20mph.

My car has 158000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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