I charged the battery on Saturday, full charge, did not crank up or drive that day. Sunday in the afternoon,(about 24 hours after full charge),
cranked car, sounded a little sluggish, but started. Drove 20 miles,
to my son's house stayed about 20 mins; drove back home 20 miles;
parked the car. Monday in the afternoon, would not crank, had the dinging of lights and the went to start and hear like tick-tick trying to start, but would not start. I know that I have a blow tail light in the
rear tried to replace bulb, lens is broken and water had seeped in and the bulb would not work ( I have a whole next lens in route to me), could this be shorting something out? Because the above problem about cranking has happen before this time.
Battery is done or you need an alternator to check alternator start car remove positive side from battery if car stays running alt good f it shuts off alt bad then you need a battery
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My thought is to check the basics, if you haven't already? Make sure battery has a full charge and connections all good. If it cranks good but won't start, have a helper crank it, while you check for spark at the plugs. Use a gage and check proper fuel pressure and fuel injector pulse. Any applicable trouble codes.
Not really following your story. When you say it will not start, the starter would only affect things if the engine will not crank. If the engine will not crank, you would need to know if the battery is fully charged and if the starter has power and ground. If the battery is low, something may be draining it overnight. If the battery is charged, the starter should have power. The neutral safety switch or key switch could be the problem if the small wire on the starter has no power when the key switch is in the start position.
Yes, a car will keep running with the battery disconnected, although that is not a good idea with all the sensitive electronic circuits on cars today. You can fry something expensive quickly. It will keep running because all power to run everything is supplied by the alternator, not the battery. Have the battery charged up again, and see what happens. I don't know why it went dead, unless you have a charging problem. Does the battery/alternator light go off after the car is started?
theres a draw on batt. start pulling fuses one by one for a few days over nite and the circit will reveal its self. if you have a volt meter you can do same thing faster by conectin it between batt cable and batt (power must pass though meter)
All the classic symptoms of a bad starter. A bad starter will work fine when cold but once it heats up, will require more power to work. Shame on the dealer for not recognizing this! A new battery with a full charge will work for a little while but if its the starter, I'm sure the problem will return Have your charging system checked out (most places will do this free of charge) Assuming the charging system checks out ok, I'd have the starter checked. I hope this solution provided you with the information you were looking for. Best of luck!
Greg
Either your battery has just given up the ghost,........ Is it the original, and now 10 yrs old ?
Or your Alternator is not charging enough, to replenish what is used.
Have battery tested first, if OK, then the alternator belt tension, and alternator for correct output charging rate.
If all these shows no faults, your starter is then suspect.
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