Q: Push starter making scratchy sound and starts after 2 tries.
Today, my car wouldn't start on the first try, took two tries and it made a scratchy sound before it started. It started 5 times after that. Is the starter going out?
My car has 150090 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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