C7 Corvette Won't Start
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C7 Corvette Won't Start
Let me start off by saying that this is a 2018 Grand Sport with the OEM battery.
I typically drive the car about once a week and have had no issues. I started up the car today as normal but needed to finish some last minute errands so I shut off the car for about 5-10 minutes.
I may have accidentally left the electronics on when I left, but I am not sure. When I came back to start up the car, it would turn on the electronics and click, but doesn't turn over.
From the sound of this video, is this a battery issue or something else?
Another time when I tried to turn it on, my interior lights kept flickering to the beat of the clicking (it clicked almost 10 times in a row).
Thank you for reading.
I typically drive the car about once a week and have had no issues. I started up the car today as normal but needed to finish some last minute errands so I shut off the car for about 5-10 minutes.
I may have accidentally left the electronics on when I left, but I am not sure. When I came back to start up the car, it would turn on the electronics and click, but doesn't turn over.
From the sound of this video, is this a battery issue or something else?
Another time when I tried to turn it on, my interior lights kept flickering to the beat of the clicking (it clicked almost 10 times in a row).
Thank you for reading.
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Battery.
Driving it once a week is not charging the system. Get a C-Tek battery maintainer and after you get a new battery, start hooking up the maintainer every time you park it in the garage.
Elmer
Driving it once a week is not charging the system. Get a C-Tek battery maintainer and after you get a new battery, start hooking up the maintainer every time you park it in the garage.
Elmer
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+1 for battery, check the voltage to be sure.
As far as driving once/week not charging it.. not necessarily true. If you're driving for 30+ minutes when you drive, you're sufficiently charging the battery.
As far as driving once/week not charging it.. not necessarily true. If you're driving for 30+ minutes when you drive, you're sufficiently charging the battery.
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Thank you all, I was able to get her charged up and running again.
I do take her out on spirited drives once to twice a week, so this is good to know. But I'll still be ordering a new one since this one is 4 years old anyways.
Thanks again all.
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Odd.. 4 years is a pretty early death for a battery. Other than batteries that I have repeatedly flatlined (and I mean dozens of times), the ~7 year mark is about where I'd even start to consider replacement.
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Just happened to me this past weekend. 2016 on original battery. Car was running and all the systems started cycling on the dash/infotainment system. I went and swapped the battery out with an interstate AGM group 48 battery and all lights were gone. Drove it for around 30 minutes and it was good to go!
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