Q: Why would my serpentine belt keep shredding? I've changed it two times now.

asked by on November 01, 2016

I've change my serpentine belt two times this month and it keeps raining I'm wondering what would be the issue

My car has 277567 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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