Car broke down on interstate!

Asked by Mama Oct 09, 2019 at 03:36 AM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I was driving everything seemed fine all of a
sudden it felt like I ran over something or
something fell off n broke ! Car started
smoking died I pulled over n it was a huge
leak causing sparks n a lil fire on the ground
! Please help what could have caused this!

2 Answers
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Gary answered 4 years ago

Sounds like you had a catastrophic engine failure however, no way to tell without examining under the hood. No way to really know without looking at the car.

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Beau answered 4 years ago

unfortunately the best bet would be to have it towed to a mechanic. Might be toast.

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