Car Randomly Took a Crap on Me Today
#1
Car Randomly Took a Crap on Me Today
i was headed to the post office today, shut the car off, did my thing and then came back, turned the car on and it wouldn't start. the car wouldn't turn over, no cranking and no ticking noise. i heard that it could be the starter issue but i wasn't sure so my friend gave me a jump and it started.
my battery is fairly new as i never really had trouble with it. all lights and radio still worked even though i couldn't start the car. i did realize that before i parked at the post office, the music/audio was going crazy, my front/rear speakers would turn on and off and then my sub would go. what is this a sign of?
not sure if this is an alternator or starter issue.
my battery is fairly new as i never really had trouble with it. all lights and radio still worked even though i couldn't start the car. i did realize that before i parked at the post office, the music/audio was going crazy, my front/rear speakers would turn on and off and then my sub would go. what is this a sign of?
not sure if this is an alternator or starter issue.
#2
Lexus Test Driver
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i was headed to the post office today, shut the car off, did my thing and then came back, turned the car on and it wouldn't start. the car wouldn't turn over, no cranking and no ticking noise. i heard that it could be the starter issue but i wasn't sure so my friend gave me a jump and it started.
my battery is fairly new as i never really had trouble with it. all lights and radio still worked even though i couldn't start the car. i did realize that before i parked at the post office, the music/audio was going crazy, my front/rear speakers would turn on and off and then my sub would go. what is this a sign of?
not sure if this is an alternator or starter issue.
my battery is fairly new as i never really had trouble with it. all lights and radio still worked even though i couldn't start the car. i did realize that before i parked at the post office, the music/audio was going crazy, my front/rear speakers would turn on and off and then my sub would go. what is this a sign of?
not sure if this is an alternator or starter issue.
#4
Lexus Champion
okay now that you mentioned your audio acting up before sounds like an alternator issue, can't be the battery if it is new. did you do the alternator test i told you too dood?
#7
okay guys.. i just did the alternator test. i turned the car on (it started up fine) and i disconnected the negative battery terminal and the engine still stayed on so my alternator is still fine so this leads me to believe that it's either my starter or battery. a weak battery should be able to crank at least but when it shut off on me, it didn't at all.
i guess i need to change out the solenoid heads on the starter since that is the main wear problem for the ls400's. the starter is such a pita to work with..
i guess i need to change out the solenoid heads on the starter since that is the main wear problem for the ls400's. the starter is such a pita to work with..
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#8
BahHumBug
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that's not an alternator test.
get a proper load test done with a tester, or test the voltage from the alternator as described in the manual.
don't ever run your car w/o a battery again, the sensitive electronics don't like the massive voltage fluctuations from not having a battery to buffer against spikes....
get a proper load test done with a tester, or test the voltage from the alternator as described in the manual.
don't ever run your car w/o a battery again, the sensitive electronics don't like the massive voltage fluctuations from not having a battery to buffer against spikes....
#10
Driver School Candidate
Could just be bad battery terminals!? Same thing happened to me when I had a corolla. I couldn't get the engine to turn over although all electronics seemed to work when the car was not running. Turns out, there was not enough amperage going to the starter because of the bad terminals. Cheap fix/upgrade, try it out.
#11
If you have a volt meter take a reading from the alty and you'll know for sure. Same thing happened to my car and it turned out to be the alty after testing it. Replaced it and its been fine ever since.
GL!
GL!
#13
Lexus Champion
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as PD said: don't ever run your car w/o a battery again, the sensitive electronics don't like the massive voltage fluctuations from not having a battery to buffer against spikes....
friend, that is automotive gospel, if you ever heard it...
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