Bad Battery?
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Bad Battery?
So I went to start my car an hour ago and it wouldnt start. I didnt leave any of the lights on or anything like that and the last time I drove it was Sunday but I have been noticing recently that when I go to start the car up it sounds weaker (best way i can explain it). So my buddy jumped my car so I could drive to autozone and have them test my battery. So they tested it and the results were that it was charged but it was "bad bettery" (I looked at the screen of the tester and sure enough thats what it said). So $130 later I got a new battery but I am wondering, has anyone else had a problem like this with their battery being charged but bad? They told me at autozone it might be a problem with my alternator.
#3
I replaced the battery in my gf's old Celica last weekend. Had problems last October, but didn't get around to fixing it until now. We charged it for like 45 minutes. The lights and stuff would turn on, but it didn't have enough power to turn over. Took the battery to Car Quest to test it. The first test failed, and so the machine did an hour test where it charged the battery fully. It turned out to be completely shot.
Not really the same situation as you, but I figured I'd share.
Not really the same situation as you, but I figured I'd share.
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I replaced the battery in my gf's old Celica last weekend. Had problems last October, but didn't get around to fixing it until now. We charged it for like 45 minutes. The lights and stuff would turn on, but it didn't have enough power to turn over. Took the battery to Car Quest to test it. The first test failed, and so the machine did an hour test where it charged the battery fully. It turned out to be completely shot.
Not really the same situation as you, but I figured I'd share.
Not really the same situation as you, but I figured I'd share.
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all auto zone had was duralast gold battery for $130. It pisses me off because if my battery had just lasted 2-3 more days until I finished the semester and was back home I could have gotten a battery for $60 because where I work we have a deal with an autoparts store for like 50% off almost everything
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I am not sure if it was the original battery. I got the car in late December of 2010 so idk about the original owner
all auto zone had was duralast gold battery for $130. It pisses me off because if my battery had just lasted 2-3 more days until I finished the semester and was back home I could have gotten a battery for $60 because where I work we have a deal with an autoparts store for like 50% off almost everything
all auto zone had was duralast gold battery for $130. It pisses me off because if my battery had just lasted 2-3 more days until I finished the semester and was back home I could have gotten a battery for $60 because where I work we have a deal with an autoparts store for like 50% off almost everything
one prob i had with my focus, my negative cable wasnt tightend down enuf and my car acted all kinds of stupid.. died when ever it wanted, wouldn work right at all until i went and bought a new battery and just before i installed it, i notice my negative cable was loose, so i tightened it "just to see what would happen" and BAM car ran just friggin fine! so i returned the newly bought battery and everything was biscuits an gravy...
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go home buy it and return that autozone beeech!!! i do that **** all the time! lol! ... but yea the cells will go bad and it sucks, battery is shot...
one prob i had with my focus, my negative cable wasnt tightend down enuf and my car acted all kinds of stupid.. died when ever it wanted, wouldn work right at all until i went and bought a new battery and just before i installed it, i notice my negative cable was loose, so i tightened it "just to see what would happen" and BAM car ran just friggin fine! so i returned the newly bought battery and everything was biscuits an gravy...
one prob i had with my focus, my negative cable wasnt tightend down enuf and my car acted all kinds of stupid.. died when ever it wanted, wouldn work right at all until i went and bought a new battery and just before i installed it, i notice my negative cable was loose, so i tightened it "just to see what would happen" and BAM car ran just friggin fine! so i returned the newly bought battery and everything was biscuits an gravy...
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on my 96 Galant, I was up at my girlfriends house and slept overnight, came out the next morning to go to work and it wouldn't start. Just dead in the water. Jumped it with her car and drove the 50 miles to work and it was fine. Shut the car off, and went to work. Came out an hour later to get something and wanted to see if it would crank. It wouldn't, so i jumped it and drove to auto zone. Bad battery, replaced it myself and never had an issue.
My 06 LSJ's battery exploded when I took a trip to Minnesota. I had a rotten egg smell for awhile and thought my cat was going bad, turns out my battery swelled and spewed sulfuric acid all over my trunk. All my clothes etc were covered in it, and my tools were too. They started rusting as it ate through the metal. I covered it in Baking soda to neutralize the acid. Replaced battery and that battery was in it when I sold it haha
My 06 LSJ's battery exploded when I took a trip to Minnesota. I had a rotten egg smell for awhile and thought my cat was going bad, turns out my battery swelled and spewed sulfuric acid all over my trunk. All my clothes etc were covered in it, and my tools were too. They started rusting as it ate through the metal. I covered it in Baking soda to neutralize the acid. Replaced battery and that battery was in it when I sold it haha
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