My car won't start!?

Question

My car won't start. It sounds lie the battery, but I only replaced the battery late last year. I had a look under the hood and there's this sort of blue powder stuff on the connecty things (sorry i dont know mechanical terms). Could that have something to do with it?

What else could it be?

It made a sound like the battery wasnt clicking over properly...eventually when i tried to start it nothing happened.

Answer 1

Corrosion kills the connectivity to the engine.

disconnect the terminals and clean the corrosioin off. put some grease on the terminals to prevent this from happening again, then try and start your car again!
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Good Luck!

Answer 2

disregard the fact that you only replaced the battery last year.
Batteries sometimes die young. First thing you want to do is
clean the battery posts. When they get corroded
they prevent the battery from getting juice. It's possible that
you have a battery with side mounted posts (literally mounted on the side, instead of on top). Side mounted are even more
likely to have corrision than top mounted. So do this first.
Sometimes all you have to do is twists the terminals back and forth to get a better electrical connection. But cleaning the posts and
terminals is still the best method. You can also take the battery out and bring it to an auto repair shop for testing. They test
for dead cells. I assume the car is clicking when you try to start,
right? If so, it might also be the starter. One way to test to see
if it's the battery or starter is to turn the headlights on. If the
headlights come on bright, then the battery is most likely ok.
Then the clicking is probably due to a faulty starter.
Good luck.

Answer 3

It is possible that the battery has already gone bad. I have purchased batterys from auto shops to find out that they were already bad. As for the corrosion, purchase some rings (found next to battery displays) they will help pervent the corrosion from coming back.

Answer 4

No, that's just corrosion (the blue stuff). It sounds like your battery might be dead. Since you have a new battery, your alternator might not be working properly. It could also be the starter solenoid.

Answer 5

your battery cables are corroded and this will cause it not to charge good,,chances are that it has,nt hurt the battery but you need to take the cable,s off and clean them,,and put them back on,,making sure there tight,,but don't over tighten them,,you can strip the bolt,s out on them,,then it should start,,if not you may have to charge the battery a little or get it jumped off,,but after this it should be OK,,i do this for a living,,hope this help,s you.

Answer 6

Dust that powder off with a dry rag and get some sand paper to scrape the terminals (connecty thingys) a little. Might work if it's just a bad connection.

Answer 7

remove the battery cables clean the teminals try to start if it still doesn't ,have the battery tested,if it is only a year old it will still be under warrenty from the place you got it from.

Answer 8

try clean the battery terminals you can use cola if that dose not work have someone check your charging system

Answer 9

corrosion makes for bad connections. have it cleaned, usually $20 or so at local shops, then have them load test it (free)

Answer 10

possibly..or it needs to be jump started..

the connectors could also be bad..which will make the car not want to start and sometimes it will start...