Q: Drive belt is noisy.

asked by on November 22, 2016

When I turn on my car it starts making a loud squeaking noise. It looks like its coming from the driver belt disc. It smells burnt when the car is running and its difficult to steer during turns. The driver belt looks as if it is in good conditions. I added steering fluid thinking it was the steering wheel but it does the same thing

My car has 276000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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