Q: My serpentine belt keeps shredding
I just bought a serpentine belt last Monday it rained rained rained then today Tuesday the belt was gone. Then my dad put another one on and it shredded less than a mile. It was shredding right after he put it on
My car has 154000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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