Q: My 98 Tahoe will not start

asked by on February 08, 2017

it makes no clicking noise what so ever the lights on the inside come on and the gages move when key is turned over but has no fire and no clicking what so ever tried a different battery still no luck.... Need help
My car has an automatic transmission.

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