Q: My battery is low but I didn't get a jump yet
I just put on a alternator yesterday and gotten a battery yesterday and my car just died on the side of the highway, my lights were flickering, and my hazard lights won't come on, and it won't start, please help me I'm stranded as we speak
My car has 16400 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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