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Feb 22, 2021
5:19:17pm

ByuImaginesDragons Truly Addicted User

I had a Saturn that would do that. It would run fine then just

Randomly not start every so often. Kept getting worse, until finally it just plain wouldn’t start anymore. Had to have it towed, and they found out it was the starter. Replaced it, then it was fine. I’m no mechanic, but that’s just what happened to me.

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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

2/22/21 4:25pm

Bad battery if > 2 years old. Then bad starter > 5 years old (plus more)

2/22/21 5:10pm

next time it doesn't start, also try putting in Neutral and starting

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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