Q: How much would you charge to change Serpentine/ drive belt

asked by on February 22, 2017

A squeaky sound when I turn the ac on it goes off after some time so I'm thinking its a Serpentine drive belt.

My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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