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I think it got down into the 40's this morning in CT and my 9-5 did not like this one bit when I went to start it. I held the key in the ST position for about seven seconds (count it out; it's a long freaking time) just cranking it before giving up. Gave it another 4 seconds of cranking and it began to stumble but not catch. I let go and gave it a few seconds to rest, and then it fired up after cranking a few more times. It's been cranking kind of slowly and I have noticed without the car running the cabin lights are very dim and the windows go up like the doors are filled with molasses. I replaced the battery last week from the Saab dealership.
Before I go in and complain that the battery is the problem (I had none of these problems before my last battery died suddenly) I'd like to clean the terminals. I had an interesting electrical incident as a child and am subsequently terrified of anything that makes a spark, haha. Besides not putting my tongue to both battery posts at the same time, are there any other battery safety tips or should I not worry at all? Also, what should I use to clean them up? Is there a special cleaner I can buy? The posts are not too cruddy IIRC. Thanks in advance!
Posts in this Thread:
- Miserable time Starting this morning. Long post., B Millar
, Tue, 26 May 2009 14:47:21 <-- Viewing This Message- same here..., cryptical, Wed, 27 May 2009 08:52:20
- My first guess is gas, but your situation sounds, Noel, Wed, 27 May 2009 00:20:19
- Re: Miserable time Starting this morning. Long post., john b, Tue, 26 May 2009 19:16:50
- Re: Miserable time Starting this morning. Long post., Carlo
, Tue, 26 May 2009 18:05:38 - Re: Miserable time Starting this morning. Long post., Nsteph, Tue, 26 May 2009 16:14:16
- Re: Miserable time Starting this morning. Long post., Gene N
, Tue, 26 May 2009 15:06:09
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