Q: I think we need to replace the positive battery cable and contact.
My son is home from college. He has had this issue for weeks. The car starts "randomly". I replaced the positive connector on the battery cable, but now the connector SPARKS and the car won't start. It starts randomly, but not every time we try to start it. Also, I'm not sure if it's a 2L or a 9L. He has taken the car to the repair shop twice, but they can't find the problem.
My car has 189999 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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