Q: Lights flicker
My lights flicker and when I mean lights I mean pretty much everything from clock to dashboard to to stereo lights to headlights. There on and the car turns on fine but the lights just flicker. When I turn on the car the lights are just fine, after I start driving is when they flicker.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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