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DirtyPillows
10-05-2012, 12:46 PM
So for the past 2 weeks I have been having issue with starting the car. At first the car would just click without cranking. after holding it for a while eventually the crank would kick in. Prior to this it did seem the car took longer to crank then normal but was cranking from the beginning of me turning the key. Today I tried to start the car however this time it seems that it wont start at all. I have power throughout the car but it seems sluggish i.e. the windows are slow to roll up and down. I looked at the battery and it is displaying green in the little window.

Can anyone help me?
wsmeyer
10-05-2012, 12:57 PM
That's almost certainly a bad battery. Car batteries have 6 cells in them internally wired in series. The green window measures the condition of the electrolyte in just one of the cells.

You could try charging it with a battery charger but it is most likely irrecoverable.

William.
echo46
10-05-2012, 01:57 PM
Yes, I'm also thinking bad battery.
WOLFN8TR
10-05-2012, 04:06 PM
Don't trust the indicator on your battery. I had a dead battery once with a "Green" light. It does sound like your battery is shot. How old is it? You could try trickle charing it but if its older than 5 years just buy a new one. If you can use a volt meter and check it with the car off, you should get 12.0 volts or greater.
DirtyPillows
10-06-2012, 06:38 AM
Thank you very much went to AAP and swap for a 94r-h7 was nice to hear it start so quickly.
WOLFN8TR
10-06-2012, 07:43 AM
Sweet!
acontzhp
10-31-2012, 03:49 AM
My car won't start now and i think it's pretty much the same symtoms. Could anyone look at this video and confirm.
thanks.
http://youtu.be/9dj_sn3WEfU
danewilson77
10-31-2012, 03:59 AM
Yeah...I can support a bad battery. Can you check battery voltage via OBC?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImCUQjmMhfM
acontzhp
10-31-2012, 04:35 AM
Yeah...I can support a bad battery. Can you check battery voltage via OBC?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImCUQjmMhfM

Thanks dane. It's definitely the battery. Gave it some cables and it started right up. On my way to auto zone to pick up a new battery. Any suggestions on which battery I should to get from there?

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3ZHP
10-31-2012, 04:40 AM
If they don't have it try NAPA, the last one I replaced, I tried Sears for a Die Hard and they didn't have the correct size, I also had some other shop call around with no luck.
danewilson77
10-31-2012, 04:48 AM
49DL. I believe I got a Legacy at NAPA.

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acontzhp
10-31-2012, 05:36 AM
Battery has been replaced. Everything is better now. I think it had the original battery

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danewilson77
10-31-2012, 05:47 AM
Battery has been replaced. Everything is better now. I think it had the original battery

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WIN.

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