Q: Car won't turnover.

asked by on January 03, 2017

Just replaced alternator in car along with the battery. Car started a couple other times prior to this happening. The car started this morning but I was not able to put it in gear. So I turned the car off to try again and it wouldn't start, Any ideas on what it might be?

My car has 150123 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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