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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Alright, my battery died about a week ago. So i took it in to get it fully charged. My car is working fine for about 2 weeks with no problems. Then today I walk outside to start it, and absolutely nothing happens. No lights, no sounds, nothing. So i get my friend to jump me, and the jump works fine. I get home and turn my car off, then tryed starting it again and the same thing happened. No lights, no sounds, nothing. Do you think the battery is dead? or could it be the starter or alternator... any input will help. Thanks.
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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check the flux cappacitor yet?
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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battery COULD be dead...personally I would clean the battery terminals first and get some sealer stuff on them and retighten all of them. Jump the car drive around for a while. If it happens again that I would say your batter was no good....this is all ASSUMING your alternator works ok.

You really should load test the battery and alternator.
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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i just took my battery to discount auto and they tested the battery, and the battery is good. so you think its the alternator then?
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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i just went out to try and start it again, and this time the dash lights lit up, but when i tryed to start it, i heard one click, and that was it. then tryed again, but this time no dash lights, or sounds or anything.

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its really the only thing it could be. Unless you have an electrical drain that you are over looking
what is an electrical drain? i dont know shit about cars
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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Something is staying on that should'nt be or a wire could be chaffing somewhere. That is what is killing your battery, you could have an array of problems. I'd tell ya to get the alternator to get checked first before looking into a drain problem.
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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Thanks for the help guys. Since i dont know shit about cars, ill be goin to my mechanic monday morning.
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