So, I drove to an advance auto to see if they can and do their battery, alternator, starter test…. Turned car off, went inside… guy came out hooked to battery… he said battery seems good… go ahead & crank it so we can check alternator & now car would not start at all… just smoke started coming up from
passanger side of engine area… not 100% but we are assuming starter all together is toast… was about to call tow truck with AAA to get it back to house & decided I’d attempt to start once more 1st…. And it very weakly turned over and then started up and ran like a champ home…. So again, not 100% but seems it might be starter…