Q: Check Engine Light is on

asked by on May 25, 2017

the car has been recently bough only a couple months & it has been having problems sometimes it wont turn on & we know its not the battery but when we sometimes wanna turn it on it makes a noise & it has the engine light on

My car has 157 miles.
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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