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Feb 22, 2021
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Lance71
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Alternator maybe?
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My daughter's car keeps needing to be jump started. New battery purchased very
osbooks
2/22/21 3:43pm
Alternator maybe?
Lance71
2/22/21 3:45pm
Alternator maybe. How old is the car?
Blueto
2/22/21 3:45pm
Use a multimeter to measure the voltage at the battery posts. If while running you get a reading less than 14 volts, you
Pimpin4Paradise
2/22/21 3:50pm
I'm going to add one more thing to this that just came to mind. It's possible (though far less likely than the things I
Pimpin4Paradise
2/22/21 5:00pm
Corroded battery terminals? He should have checked that and cleaned them though
byusage
2/22/21 3:50pm
Have your alternator checked. It's almost certainly that
Adrielle
2/22/21 3:52pm
I'm not a mechanic but it has to be one of these 3 things in my opinion.
JAGA97
2/22/21 3:53pm
I'd say alternator except for the fact that a mechanic didn't mention that.
ochobeeguy
2/22/21 3:55pm
Something may be draining the battery
Belboz
2/22/21 3:56pm
What kind of car? Son's car did that for a month - turned out radio had a fault
Gibbcoug
2/22/21 4:08pm
Bad cell in battery
kapcreations
2/22/21 4:25pm
Bad battery if > 2 years old. Then bad starter > 5 years old (plus more)
kapcreations
2/22/21 5:10pm
next time it doesn't start, also try putting in Neutral and starting
kapcreations
2/23/21 1:12pm
Sometimes you can get a bad battery.
kccougar
2/22/21 4:41pm
I had a Saturn that would do that. It would run fine then just
ByuImaginesDragons
2/22/21 5:19pm
Thanks for all the replies. Its a 2007 Hyundai Accent. She said the mechanic
osbooks
2/22/21 7:42pm
Is the stereo the original or a install? Sometimes installs can have a phantom
Blueto
2/22/21 8:34pm
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