Q: Car wont crank. Turn key over lights and radio comes on. Replaced battery started 3 or 4 times then started doing the same thing

asked by on March 11, 2018

Car will not crank. Lights and radio comes on. Was working fine for about a week after I got it. Then came out in the morning and it would not crank. Noticed battery was small so replaced it thinking it was that. Replaced the battery and started 4 or 5 times then started doing same thing.

My car has 153000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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