Q: I bought a battery a year ago and now my car wont start
I bought a new car battery a little over a year ago so it's fairly new. Now my car wont start, not even making the clicking sound when its trying to start. I jump started it, it started for a few minutes then I turned it off. When I came back not 3 minutes later it was dead again. Is this the battery or is my car not holding a charge?
My car has 70000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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