Q: Starting the car
In order to the car to start, I have to turn the steering wheel to the right a couple of times and turn the key at the same time for the ignition to start. I need to know what this problem is so that I can schedule a fix. Thank you.
My car has 112000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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