Q: Hi my jeep won't start and it started earlier with the charger on it but now it will not and also there is a ticking noise

asked by on March 04, 2017

There is a ticking noise below the passenger side dash so I was wondering if anyone knew what that could be

My car has 288000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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