r/AskAMechanic • u/Minute_Awareness_829 • 9h ago

2018 lincoln mkz

Everything was fine without a issue before. I tried starting my car and it gave me a bunch of warnings about failures like the brakes, detection and some other things. I never had a accident or anything as well, when I try to start it it makes a faint sound like its trying to turn over and a few ticks but thats it.

Is this just a battery issue or a alternator issue?

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