Q: Wont start
My car stalls while driving but then starts back up my idle was low under 1rpm I turned up the idle an the car seemed to run alto better I did have to rev the car at stops to prevent stalling it works alto better when its cold now my car will not start I did hear a winning noise the other day now there nothing it does have lights an radio an clicks when I try to start please help me figure out what it could be please
My car has 160000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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