How to say i was late because my car broke down. in Japanese

1)車(kuruma) (n) car/automobile/vehicle/wheelが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and故障故障(koshou) (n,vs) breakdown/failure/fault/accident/out of order/damage/hurt/objection/protestした(n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon(prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionで(de) (prt) indicates location of action/at/in/indicates time of action/indicates means of action/cause of effect/by/and then/so/indicates continuing action/ indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.遅れ遅れ(okure) (n) delay/lag/postponement/falling behindましたました(mashita) (n,adj-no) right under/directly below。(。) Japanese period "."    
kuruma ga koshou shitanode okure mashita 。
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convays a sense of politeness, used when speaking to strangers, people older than you, higher social status ect.
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2)車(kuruma) (n) car/automobile/vehicle/wheelが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and故障故障(koshou) (n,vs) breakdown/failure/fault/accident/out of order/damage/hurt/objection/protestした(n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon(prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates questionで(de) (prt) indicates location of action/at/in/indicates time of action/indicates means of action/cause of effect/by/and then/so/indicates continuing action/ indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.私(watashi) (pn,adj-no) i/meは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh遅刻遅刻(chikoku) (n,vs,adj-no) lateness/late comingしたした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。(。) Japanese period "."    
kuruma ga koshou shitanode watashi ha chikoku shita 。
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