Q: Car will not start, lights go on ,dashboard lights go on, sometimes will start in Neutral, sometimes I need to move steering wheel
Today no matter what I tried as i usually did until it started i could not get it to start. To start I would try the following that would work. Putting in neutral, tilting steering wheel, . Lights go on , dashboard lights go on, just do not get clicks or any reaction to start. What can it be,
My car has 365778 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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