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My car was running fine all day yesterday until that night. I cut it off and it wouldnt start back up. Finally i got someone to give me a jump off and it worked but the dash lights kept on dimming in and out. When i made it home and cut the car off once again it wouldn't crank. So this morning i tried to get a jump off and even that didn't work at all. When i turn the key it sometimes makes a clicking noise and sometimes it just does nothing. Sometimes the lights on the inside wont even come on.

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First thing to do is clean your battery cables. Remove the cables and clean them with a wire brush are battery terminal cleaner. If it starts up that was probably your problem. If you need to jump it you may have a bad charging system war battery. Good luck.

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You, my friend have a flat battery.

However, replacing the battery will not fix the problem, the battery is just a symptom, just like having cough syrup won't fix a cold, it will ojnly make your throat feel better.

What you need to do, is replace the battery, then get a multimeter, and check the voltage of the battery when the car is running at idle (in park/neutral), it should be 13.2-14.4v. If below this, im suspecting 12.0v or below, then you will have to have your charging system (alternator) checked.

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