Q: Car won't start

asked by on January 28, 2017

Car won't turn over. When you go to start it the dashboard lights up and this long beeping noise happens for about 10 seconds. The battery is fully charged. I was wondering if the ignition switch is bad.

My car has 89000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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