Conn337

So last night i was hanging with some buddies and i turned my car off and kept the key in the on position, i just had my radar detector and the radio on. So my stereo popped up and said "low battery". Then i shut my key to the off position, and my luck the car wouldnt even crank. So my friend came and boosted me off... then this morning (lucky that i turned my car around in my garage) i tried to crank it again.. it wouldnt even tick like it did last night. Driving home last night my battery on my dashboard showed the battery as half way on my gauges. I dont know, is it the alternator? or just a bad battery? I have a battery charger on it right now, and having to drive the ol LTZ tahoe around haha...

I miss my car

conejo172

It sounds like your alternator is the problem. Driving home should have charged the battery up enough to start right up today. Before buying a new battery I would take it to a commerical parts store that does battery tests. Your battery is only 2 years or so old and should last 5 years. The alternator is most likely the culprit, Depending on your mileage the alternator should still be under factory warranty

Conn337

when i drove it home last night, i shut off the car. Then restarted it, and it started up with no hesitation. I think i may have accidently left the key in the on igniton last night =\. I dont remember.

Andretti

Check your terminals....clean them if you have any doubts about the connection. Then, I'd do as previously suggested and take it to have the battery checked.


Andretti

Conn337

after using the battery charger on it for 4 hours.. it now seems to run like a dream again. Hopefully that wont jinx it and it wont run in the morning when i leave for school =\.

Nuke

Batteries often fail catastrophically without warning. Assuming your alternator is ok, it sounds like you lost 1 or 2 cells and charging overnight is just a bandaid. If you still have the garbage OE Motorcrap battery, get a new one.

Conn337

Yeah i realized that... it sounded like it just completely deraided itself when it went dead.. I usually always sit with my radar detector on and my stereo on, with no lights on. My radar detector usually detects when my car is is turned off and shuts off the detector. But everything just went out. I noticed before i left my house when i revved it a little higher the interior lights would get brighter, i guess that was my sign.

torque_is_good

just throw in the clutch, put it in 2nd and push it to about 5mph and then pop the clutch and she will start. Batteries are a strange lot. I had one in my 03 and it lasted 6 years and the one in my 06 lasted 2 years.

Sirsilent

My battery also died after 2 years and my battery gauge showed full just one day before. That gauge seems to be useless.

808muscle

Agreed. I have yet to find a battery gauge in any car that works worth a sh#t.

Like Nuke said, once a battery looses a cell.......its only a matter of time. Carry some cables so you dont get stuck in the future.

patrick