Q: Randomly doesn't start
In the past few months, my car has intermittently not started. It seems the trend is that after driving for at least 20 minutes, it can't be started for around 3-4 hours. There is also an issue where the headlights dim when turning the steering wheel if that is related. The mechanics at the dealership have not been able to reproduce the problem despite starting it many times.
My car has 72000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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