I've had this car for a little over two years, and never replaced the battery or alternator or any other part. For a while now, it will sometimes struggle to turn over, for a couple minutes, but will always turn over. I was told that this was my battery, but I unfortunately just transferred university and don't know any honest mechanics in the area. I live in New York State, where it obviously gets very cold. On top of the car sometimes taking a while to turn over, just a couple days ago, after letting it sit and warm up for about 5 minutes, when I went to reverse out, the car just STOPPED running, although the panel lights and radio remained on. I started it again, and after going a few feet, it stopped again. The third time, it didn't shut off and made it all the way to work and has not done it since. Anyone have an idea to the problem, and if I can drive it for another couple days until I get paid to have it tested and/or fixed?
2007-01-28 06:29:13 · 1 answers · asked by Euralalya 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
It may be as simple as removing and cleaning the battery terminals and battery posts.
Over time, scale builds up between the battery posts, and cable terminals reducing the amount of electricity supplied to the starter.
Starters require a lot of power to turn the engine. Over 200 amps.
Remove the battery terminals and scrape all the "crud" from inside the terminals, and the battery posts.
2007-01-28 06:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋