Q: Click when starting the ignition

asked by on January 01, 2017

Jeep ignition clicks when trying to start sometimes it starts and sometimes it takes like 5 tries then it starts , my neighbor says it sound like my starter going out , another neighbor says maybe the timing belt

My car has 151363 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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