Help!!!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Amherstburg Ontario
Help!!!
Car will not start. Opened car doors and windows with remote put key in and turned, nothing. Windows will not go up now but doors lock.
After getting a boost from the auto club, i'm driving car around to charge battery if thats it.
Now Headlights will not come on every time I try and another try they will.
When the lights do pop up the clock or radio light goes out.
Any thoughts!
After getting a boost from the auto club, i'm driving car around to charge battery if thats it.
Now Headlights will not come on every time I try and another try they will.
When the lights do pop up the clock or radio light goes out.
Any thoughts!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2012
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Car will not start. Opened car doors and windows with remote put key in and turned, nothing. Windows will not go up now but doors lock.
After getting a boost from the auto club, i'm driving car around to charge battery if thats it.
Now Headlights will not come on every time I try and another try they will.
When the lights do pop up the clock or radio light goes out.
Any thoughts!
After getting a boost from the auto club, i'm driving car around to charge battery if thats it.
Now Headlights will not come on every time I try and another try they will.
When the lights do pop up the clock or radio light goes out.
Any thoughts!
Platinum Supporting Dealership
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 722
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From: Rochester New York
Batteries today seem to fail almost instantly. As the cells inside the battery deteriorate, the total capacity decreases. There is much less demand to lock/unlock a car, but the capacity might be too low to start the engine or operate a window motor. Once a car is started, the alternator takes over to operate the vehicle's electronics.
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
During installation of the new battery, the cables get tightened properly and everything works, blaming the battery as the "problem", when in fact it was a loose connection.
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
My first thought was loose battery cables. How do you know that the system is properly working correctly?
You need to get a DC Volt meter and measuer the actual charging voltage directly on the battery terminals. Your battery terminals should be TORQUED to 11 ft/lbs (97-2003)
Your charging system is not designed to charge up a dead battery. If your battery is low enough that it wont start the engine, you should charge the battery with a battery charger to full capacity and figure out what caused it to drain.
When your battery cant supply the electrical modules with proper voltage, they will shut down or act very weird
Bill
You need to get a DC Volt meter and measuer the actual charging voltage directly on the battery terminals. Your battery terminals should be TORQUED to 11 ft/lbs (97-2003)
Your charging system is not designed to charge up a dead battery. If your battery is low enough that it wont start the engine, you should charge the battery with a battery charger to full capacity and figure out what caused it to drain.
When your battery cant supply the electrical modules with proper voltage, they will shut down or act very weird
Bill
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