Q: Car will not crank
Ok so my truck started up perfectly, I drove to the store and it will not crank now. When you try to start it, it makes like a grinding noise. It has a brand new battery and perfect connection and the lights don't even dim when I try to crank
My car has an automatic transmission.
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