I have a 1998 hyundai sonata. I basically tried to start the car while it was in Drive (not to smart in my part)and got a big screech noise. So i turned it off and put it in park and tried starting it then and all i heard after trying to start it was the noise you here right before it starts up. But it didn't start up! so i kept trying. I even jumped a couple of times but no luck. The strange thing is everytime i kept trying the noise would get shorter and shorter till finally it started a click click sound and then after that it just completely died out, no sound at all, you could hear a pin dropping in that car. Now i doubt its the battery because we tried jumping it but that didn't work. So i figured it the starter was just gone but when my mom took it into the shop and they told her the engine locked but I don't see how. Can someone either explain how the engine locked or what else could be wrong with it and about how much it would cost to fix?
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I personally think its the starter or a broken belt or something please don't say the enginge locked because they were trying to charge her 4,000 for it.