Q: Have a 01 escape. Drove after the flood then one day wouldn't start made a clicking noise so replaced starter and its still nothin
Drove car after flood then one day went to start and it made a clicking noise but wouldn't start. So changed starter and it still doesn't work
My car has an automatic transmission.
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