Q: I have changed battery. I think I put non compatible battery initially and it's start car alarm loud not turned off with remote ac
Hi I have Toyota Sequoia 2011. I have changed battery. I think I put non compatible battery initially and it's start car alarm loud not turned off with remote actually everything did not work. Then I took off that battery and put another battery. Now it turned on car but main body of car did not. I have video that I can send you to see that how the car is behaving now.
My car has 25050 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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