Q: Our car won't start its brand new or of the dealer all we hear is clicking when we try to turn it on

asked by on July 29, 2017

Our car won't start we hear clucking when we try to start it It's a push start and it says no key

My car has 1000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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