Q: What's causing my car not to start?

asked by on February 02, 2017

Recently my battery went dead & I had to jump start my car. Replaced battery now car acts like it wants to start but doesn't turn over . I got a new key programmed but that didn't solve the problem

My car has 106000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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