Q: Car cranks but will not start it's not the fuel pump what could it be and how much could it be to replace
Car cranks and wants to start but it won't check the fuel pump that works what else could it be and how much would it cost also is there a recall for this problem
My car has 147000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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