Q: What else could it be?

asked by on August 29, 2017

So a few days ago my car wouldn't start all it would do is make one click and then nothing. After researching it for a while I came to the conclusion it was the starter so I replaced the starter and it started up fine. But then after driving for a while my battery light came on and then I started losing power in my car and it died. So assumed it was my battery or my alternator so I took both of them in to get checked and they both passed. So I am just wondering what else it could possibly be

My car has 189000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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