Q: Yesterday I hit a mailbox and put my car in park.When I went to go start it it doesn't cranknor click tried to jump no luck

asked by on March 14, 2017

Yesterday I hit a mailbox and put my car in park now when I try to go and start it it won't crank or click try to jump it but my AC comes on but car still does not click or crank

My car has 2022000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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