Q: Car had to be jumped
My 2005 Camry didn’t start after putting gas in it I did a jump start and it started, do you think it is due to bad fuel pimp or bad battery, I replaced the battery 3 months ago and changed the alternator a month back
My car has 111000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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