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I was driving to the train station this morning and all of a sudden I had the red light warning flash on saying power steering failure, then 5 secs later the lights had failed and the warning message read Engine failure! <?: prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /></v:stroke></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:ulas></vath><?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shape></v:></v:shape>i was parked at this time and tried to turn the engine over, it turns over then a electrical type cracking noise to no avail, lights work everything else seems to work? any ideas on what this is how I can fix it.

thanks in advance

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