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Old 10-06-02, 07:33 PM
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HELP! Car acts like the battery is dead! (feedback pls!)

I dont know why, but probly about once every 3 times i try to start my car, it acts like the battery is dead, and i have to hold the brake down and move the shifter from park all the way down to 1'st and back to park (its an auto). Sometimes i have to do it like 5 times too. And i have no clue why it does this, its like it acts like its not in park or sumthin. I can always get it to start eventually but its annoying as ****. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Please help me with this, its driving me crazy!
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Does it do anything... like click, click, click?

I had the same problem before... never did figure out what it was.. but it eventually went away. I did fix all my grounds, checked the wires to my starter, etc..

Fixing the wires and grounds didn't work at first.. but the problem went away shortly after.

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I had that same problem not that long ago. I thought it was my battery forever. Then I took it to get checked at Autozone, they also checked my alternator. It ended up being the alternator. I didn't believe it because the alternator that was on it only had 3,000 miles on it but it still was. I would recogmend you get both tested. Could be the same problem I had, either way, Good luck with it.

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Dont do anything drastick, Im pretty sure its you batery terminals. just clean them and make sure all the ground are good, and tight, and that 'should' fix it.
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