Q: The windshield wipers won't work with car started.
They work when the car is on one or two but won't once the car is fully started. Also a few days ago the car wouldn't start the battery light was and it would make a clicking noise now it starts do you know what that noise might have been
My car's transmission is unknown to me.
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