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Old Mar 22, 2017 | 09:24 PM
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Battery Problem HELP!!!

Hey guys, today I drove from school to work, no problems. As soon as I got in my car after work, my car hardly turned over. It turned over very slowly, but managed to start after about 20 cranks. Then I got home, and when I went to leave, my car dash lights started flickering and my dome light was flickering and my security light was blinking, no start, no crank. So, I jumped it from the parents car, and it started right up. Then after my event, I went to my car and it started just fine. Had a CEL so I went to autozone to have it scanned, and when I tried to start it, it just flickered and wouldn't start, until I got a jump. Is this a bad battery or what??? Please Help!!
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 11:48 AM
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How old is the battery? I believe auto zone can have the battery tested. It's obviously not holding a charge. Either battery is shot or possibly the alternator? Have the battery tested first.
Good luck
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 11:55 AM
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Check the connections to your battery. The **** didn't autozone test the battery while you were there?
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 02:27 PM
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Change your battery dork.

You drove to Autozone with a suspected bad battery and did test or replace. This is basically on you.

Sorry I'm in a bad mood and only feel like telling the truth.
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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 09:21 PM
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I'd bet it's the battery, but why didn't you get it tested? lol
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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by umrdyldo
Change your battery dork.

You drove to Autozone with a suspected bad battery and did test or replace. This is basically on you.

Sorry I'm in a bad mood and only feel like telling the truth.

They tested it and it was fine. Didn't believe them, so went to different branch today, and said it had a bad cell, and replaced the battery under warranty. Fixed nothing. Same problem. Had them do an alternator test too and it passed
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