Q: Car does not start

asked by on June 05, 2017

My Hyundai elentra 2015 is having trouble starting. It shakes when I try to turn it on and one time it did turn on but ended up turning off. I've had no problem with it turning off in the past. What could it be and what can I do to fix it?

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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