Q: My vehicle will no longer crank. Is it the battery and what do I do? - 1991 Cadillac DeVille
Okay so I had kept turning my key I'n the ignition cranking listening to how started up it about 3 times on the 4th time it stopped cranking and I turned the key I just started to here a click in the glove department box
My car has 155000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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