Q: What's wrong with my car if my car is squeaking and popping noises and popping noises
I backed out and went into a small ditch when pulling out of ditch I scraped against the concrete sticking up as I pulled up out, now it's squeaking loudly
My car has 181000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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