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Old Feb 9, 2022 | 04:32 PM
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Went out to start my 1996 automatic and was surprised by the worst noise I’ve heard my car make. I don’t even know where to start with this. I’ve attached a video of the sound. Any help would be appreciated.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCUYvVaUDZiJ5JkLtGZ9sTCA/featured
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Can you put that on youtube or something? It won't open on my phone and I'm not opening that file on my windows machine
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Originally Posted by vetteLT193
Can you put that on youtube or something? It won't open on my phone and I'm not opening that file on my windows machine
I put a link to a YouTube video in the main post.
Thanks for letting me know that file was not working
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Sounds like a starter issue to me.
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Low/bad battery.
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Bad cables or grounds.
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