.:HSTuners::

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-13-2005, 06:35 PM

This morning I went out to go to work and my car wouldnt start. The starter just clicked ("Starter issues", I thought), but my dash lights would go dark too.
"It cant be the battery...its 1month old!"
But I swapped it out anyway and dropped in the optima (my winter battery) 5mins later and it started right up, zero problems.

Im going to have to wait until saturday or so to take the battery back for a check, but what do you think it is?
Alternator/charging system?
Bad battery?
Starter going out?

ebpda9 · 07-14-2005, 03:20 AM

i say it is the battery, but look for a bad connection (maybe you did not tighten one of the posts enough)

Accord Man · 07-14-2005, 12:10 PM

Maybe bad contact.. Try cleaning the terminals and cable connectors.

*ChrisCantSkate* · 07-14-2005, 12:37 PM

its summer, sometimes batteries just die in the heat..

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-14-2005, 04:39 PM

Contacts are clean and tight - I used a bush and the ooze.
After days of the optima and zero problems, Im calling bad battery

Accord Man · 07-14-2005, 05:56 PM

Does it get how where you live? Like +30C..

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-14-2005, 06:16 PM

Sure, 95F (35C) last week

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-21-2005, 04:52 PM

AND...its the battery. I finally got around to taking the battery in - they ran a test ("Hmm...seems a little low!" No shit). They recharged it for free and I came back after a couple hours.
Wouldnt recharge and I got a different one for free. Yippie...

If this one dies like the last one, Im throwing it through the store window, like that old discount tire commercial.

AkimboStylee · 07-23-2005, 03:08 AM

i loved that commercial

GT40FIED · 07-23-2005, 03:45 AM

Just an afterthought Pat, but did you bother checking to make sure the cables were ground? Sometimes that can slowly suck away battery power over a period of time. I just find it hard to believe that a battery would die after a month and not be rechargeable. That'd have to one shitty battery.

*pdiggitydogg* · 07-23-2005, 08:53 PM

Yeah, that was the first thing I checked, after I got home from work.
Plus, they tried to charge it, and it failed, and I havent had any issues w/ the new one or the optima when I ran that.
It was really just that shitty of a battery

07-13-2005, 06:35 PM	#1
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	Battery, Starter, Alternator This morning I went out to go to work and my car wouldnt start. The starter just clicked ("Starter issues", I thought), but my dash lights would go dark too. "It cant be the battery...its 1month old!" But I swapped it out anyway and dropped in the optima (my winter battery) 5mins later and it started right up, zero problems. Im going to have to wait until saturday or so to take the battery back for a check, but what do you think it is? Alternator/charging system? Bad battery? Starter going out?

07-14-2005, 03:20 AM	#2
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	i say it is the battery, but look for a bad connection (maybe you did not tighten one of the posts enough) __________________

07-14-2005, 12:10 PM	#3
Accord Man THE GENERAL Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth (usually) Age: 42 Posts: 5,698	Maybe bad contact.. Try cleaning the terminals and cable connectors. __________________ HondaStyle.com Babysitter's Club Member #0 Soon to be >Dr Max Immuh<

07-14-2005, 12:37 PM	#4
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	its summer, sometimes batteries just die in the heat.. __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

07-14-2005, 05:56 PM	#6
Accord Man THE GENERAL Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth (usually) Age: 42 Posts: 5,698	Does it get how where you live? Like +30C.. __________________ HondaStyle.com Babysitter's Club Member #0 Soon to be >Dr Max Immuh<

07-14-2005, 04:39 PM	#5
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	Contacts are clean and tight - I used a bush and the ooze. After days of the optima and zero problems, Im calling bad battery

07-14-2005, 06:16 PM	#7
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	Sure, 95F (35C) last week

07-21-2005, 04:52 PM	#8
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	AND...its the battery. I finally got around to taking the battery in - they ran a test ("Hmm...seems a little low!" No shit). They recharged it for free and I came back after a couple hours. Wouldnt recharge and I got a different one for free. Yippie... If this one dies like the last one, Im throwing it through the store window, like that old discount tire commercial.

07-23-2005, 03:08 AM	#9
AkimboStylee Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Bay which holds no water, Palm Bay, Fl Age: 39 Posts: 1,688	i loved that commercial __________________ A very good quote : " I have many vices in my life, and those keep me from perfection, and not being perfect makes me a human being with morals" -Anonymous

07-23-2005, 03:45 AM	#10
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	Just an afterthought Pat, but did you bother checking to make sure the cables were ground? Sometimes that can slowly suck away battery power over a period of time. I just find it hard to believe that a battery would die after a month and not be rechargeable. That'd have to one shitty battery. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

07-23-2005, 08:53 PM	#11
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	Yeah, that was the first thing I checked, after I got home from work. Plus, they tried to charge it, and it failed, and I havent had any issues w/ the new one or the optima when I ran that. It was really just that shitty of a battery

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