Q: My car started making noise that sounded like a flock of birds in my glove box.

asked by on January 12, 2017

The noise started when I got on the interstate and excelerated. It was pretty loud and lasted until I got off. Drove the rest of the way to work and back home with no problem(I took the interstate again). 樂

My car has 70000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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