Q: Car won't start
I started up my car this morning, went down the street a little bit, and my car turned off and it will not crank up again. When I turn the key, the car does make a clicking sound but nothing other than that. The lights, radio, windows are working. The car is a 1998 Toyota Camry. Thoughts?
My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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