Q: Shut off and then restarted after 20 minutes

asked by on January 10, 2018

yesterday while reducing speed and braking to stop at a red light the car suddenly trembled a bit and completely shut off everything except the lights panels I tried to turn it on and it would not even make the starter noise after 20 minutes I tried to turn it on and it worked completely fine what problems could this be I replaced the spark plugs and the battery today and everything seems fine for now

My car has 156000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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