It sounds like other people have had the same problem since the original post. They should take the car to a mechanic / garage of their choice. Some things you should leave to professionals.
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Car Makes Loud, Screeching Noise When Attempting To Start
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It sounds like other people have had the same problem since the original post. They should take the car to a mechanic / garage of their choice. Some things you should leave to professionals.
I know this is old but my friend there is no belt that drives the starter I hope you have learned this by now.
It depends on the car. Some of the more unique variants have a starter belt, while most have a gear engagement with the flywheel.
One of my old cars had a belt drive and no gearbox!
as the car sped up the diameter of the shaft the belt was on would change thus changing gear (kinda).
as the car sped up the diameter of the shaft the belt was on would change thus changing gear (kinda).
My mom's 2014 Buick has the starter on a belt. It's actually part of a weird pseudo hybrid system(I forget what GM calls it) with an abnormally large starter motor that's both used to both charge a Li-Ion pack in the back of the car when decelerating/braking and then give a boost under acceleration.
