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Whatsup NT.. today was a very long day for my household when it comes to cars. My Mom's BMW had to get towed from the house because it wasn't starting.. my question pertains to my car though.
It's a long story, and I'll be grateful to anyone who can maybe help me out with this..
Any wise words of help, NT? Anybody maybe know what's going on?
It's a long story, and I'll be grateful to anyone who can maybe help me out with this..
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My car is a 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L with Automatic Transmission.. my Mom had a new transmission put in maybe 2 or 3 years ago, but there were a couple of problems hitting me today that maybe you can help me with. It's urgent.
While driving today, I was making a right turn and was gassing after completing it. A bump in the road was hit while I was gassing, and my Jeep immediately began to give a squealing noise. Anytime I hit the gas I got that squeal noise. It almost sounded like a belt squeal, but after listening to it I could tell it wasn't coming from the engine. It was coming from underneath the car.. I took it behind a local store that had a long stretch, and began gassing. After a couple of seconds, the squeaking only occurred when was gassing and really trying to speed up.
I drove my car to a local part shop because at this time all the actual car shops are closed. (They close at 6. -_____- ) Anyways, I asked some dude inside if he could check my car out and he said sure. I started it for him, and at first it wasn't there. It then slowly began coming in and growing louder. He got under the car and told me that the squealing was coming from somewhere around my transmission and something about a "4 block"? (I don't know cars, my bad. ) He was sure it wasn't my engine or any of the belts. The noise got really really loud and he told me to switch gears. I went into different gears and realized that it only made the noise in D. Everything else was fine..
I pulled my car off to the side and called my friend to see if he could look at it. While waiting for him, I started my car and put it into 4 wheel drive (I know that doing this would mess with the transmission in some way, so I wanted to see if it made the noise while in 4 wheel drive. ) I drove it around in 4WD, and to my surprise, there was no noise. I put my car back into 2WD and parked it. I waited a few minutes more, and my friend showed up. He came out, and when I started my car, the noise was gone. I even had him get in and I drove up the street gassing more than usual to see if it made the noise like behind the store, but it didn't.
My friend said it might be the clutch, and that hopefully it reset or something and it would be fine. I haven't gotten my ****** oil flushed in a long time and he told me to get that done ASAP.. I'm aiming to get it done in the morning.
The other main issue was something that happened before. After my friend left, I drove my car to Wendy's to go get something to eat, parked it and we went inside. I ate and came back outside to go home, but when I turned my key in the ignition, the car didn't jump. At all. The battery turned on fine, but the car didn't jump. I sat there in disbelief thinking "What the hell is going on.." and called my friend again. He answered the phone and I tell him my car won't start, it won't even jump. He replies with "Are you @#$#$$@% kidding me.." in the worried kind of way. He said he was on his way.
I popped the hood up and let it air out for a bit while I waited (literally about 3 or 4 minutes), and then tried to start it again. It had a little trouble.. gave me a low chugging noise and then started. This has happened before (the chugging and not starting), only it's a step further now because it wasn't responding AT ALL when I turned the key in the ignition. Before when it happened it would at least chug then just stop.
While driving today, I was making a right turn and was gassing after completing it. A bump in the road was hit while I was gassing, and my Jeep immediately began to give a squealing noise. Anytime I hit the gas I got that squeal noise. It almost sounded like a belt squeal, but after listening to it I could tell it wasn't coming from the engine. It was coming from underneath the car.. I took it behind a local store that had a long stretch, and began gassing. After a couple of seconds, the squeaking only occurred when was gassing and really trying to speed up.
I drove my car to a local part shop because at this time all the actual car shops are closed. (They close at 6. -_____- ) Anyways, I asked some dude inside if he could check my car out and he said sure. I started it for him, and at first it wasn't there. It then slowly began coming in and growing louder. He got under the car and told me that the squealing was coming from somewhere around my transmission and something about a "4 block"? (I don't know cars, my bad. ) He was sure it wasn't my engine or any of the belts. The noise got really really loud and he told me to switch gears. I went into different gears and realized that it only made the noise in D. Everything else was fine..
I pulled my car off to the side and called my friend to see if he could look at it. While waiting for him, I started my car and put it into 4 wheel drive (I know that doing this would mess with the transmission in some way, so I wanted to see if it made the noise while in 4 wheel drive. ) I drove it around in 4WD, and to my surprise, there was no noise. I put my car back into 2WD and parked it. I waited a few minutes more, and my friend showed up. He came out, and when I started my car, the noise was gone. I even had him get in and I drove up the street gassing more than usual to see if it made the noise like behind the store, but it didn't.
My friend said it might be the clutch, and that hopefully it reset or something and it would be fine. I haven't gotten my ****** oil flushed in a long time and he told me to get that done ASAP.. I'm aiming to get it done in the morning.
The other main issue was something that happened before. After my friend left, I drove my car to Wendy's to go get something to eat, parked it and we went inside. I ate and came back outside to go home, but when I turned my key in the ignition, the car didn't jump. At all. The battery turned on fine, but the car didn't jump. I sat there in disbelief thinking "What the hell is going on.." and called my friend again. He answered the phone and I tell him my car won't start, it won't even jump. He replies with "Are you @#$#$$@% kidding me.." in the worried kind of way. He said he was on his way.
I popped the hood up and let it air out for a bit while I waited (literally about 3 or 4 minutes), and then tried to start it again. It had a little trouble.. gave me a low chugging noise and then started. This has happened before (the chugging and not starting), only it's a step further now because it wasn't responding AT ALL when I turned the key in the ignition. Before when it happened it would at least chug then just stop.
Any wise words of help, NT? Anybody maybe know what's going on?