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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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Please help. 04 coupe
Two weeks ago car wouldn't start, just went click. Put it on the charger . Tried jumping it. Took battery to the store. They said it was fully charged but bad. Bought a new one and it started fine for two weeks and last night it wouldnt start again. Had to push start it to get it home. Lights go dim when trying to start. Anybody have this problem? Im leaning towards the starter being bad
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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Something is draining the battery. Anyone leaving the vanity mirror on or ??
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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Check your grounds. Go to the Tech section and Bill Curlee's sticky about cleaning grounds. Mine did the same thing and I did what he said to do and it worked! It's easy and I haven't had a problem since.
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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Problem turned out to be a bad starter. I wont go in to how much joy that was to change in the driveway.
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