Q: Van is making two types of sounds.
The van when I start makes a squeaking sound which is very noisy and loud. But, sound faded away after driving a while. Van also makes a race car sound when I start it and when I try to accelerate sound can be heard as well. Please let me know what you think it could be. Thank you.
My car has 119319 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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