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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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i bought 2000 vette the other day i had the drivers door open and key on with radio on for about 10 min. went to start it and it was dead heard sumtn clicking in fuse panel jumped it like 2min. started right up. had the message pull key. the battery is good it can sit for a month and start.anyone know whats up this is second time it done it
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 04:16 PM
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Battery or connections!!
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Battery or connections!!
Classic battery or connections. If you just bought the car the other day how do you know it can sit for months and start. if you keep starting with a weak battery you are asking for problems.
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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Just a little advice since you're new. When you post, use a title that describes what your question is, not just "help". When you use something like that, you or anyone else will not be able to search for what fixed it or helped. Title it something like "door open, battery ran down" or similar.
If the car sat for a while and the battery wasn't at full charge, it won't take very long to run it down to where it won't start if you've had the lights on, door open, etc. Put a full charge on it and then test it. If it won't hold a charge, you'll need to replace it.
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