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Re: Car will not start.
Posted by PM (more from PM) on Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:47:06
In Reply to: Car will not start., Asia, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:54:56
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Trying a jump is always a good first attempt, but give the battery a few minutes charge time connected to the other car first.
Otherwise:
The dash lights get dim when the voltage drops to a very low level momentarily. This also resets the clock, the ecu, and the radio security code, just like disconnecting the battery would. When the battery voltage recovers, dash lights are bright again, and the display prompts you to first set the clock and then enter the radio code.
If the voltage drops to that level when you try to start the car, it means there is a large load on the battery, either from the starter, or possibly a short in the system.
If rhe battery cable gets hot and the terminal does not, it means the load is at the far end (from the battery) of the cable, and current from the battery is heating the cable, not driving the starter. A shorted starter motor would do that, but I have not heard of that happening much here. So would repeated caranking, a short at the starter relay or a couple other places...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Car will not start., Asia, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:54:56
- read this....., Dean, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:33:11
- Car wont jump either., Asia, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:36:18
- Re: Car will not start., PM, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:47:06 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Car will not start., Berger, Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:15:32
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