Hi all,
Yesterday morning when I started my car to go to work, it was little hesitant to start. But it did start. When I turn my key to "on" all the indicator lights in the dashboard come up fine.
While coming back from work (approx. 9hrs later), it did the same thing. Felt like the power was not sufficient to start the car. But the car did start and was running fine.
On my way back home I had to stop at Costco, to see if they can balance & rotate my tires. So I parked my car, went to find out if they can do it at that time (which they couldnt) and came back to my car. It was less than 5 minutes.
I tried to start my car, and it wont. When I trun the iginition to "on" all the test indicator lights come up fine, horn was working, audio was working. But when I tried to fire it up, nothing happened. I checked to see if I put the transmission into parking properly, and it was fine. I even moved it to make sure it was completely in park.
I thought may be my battery is weak or dead. A very nice gentleman, who was picking up his truck there helped me jumpstart. And car started up.
So, am not sure if I need to replace my battery? Or just clear the battery connection (as the nice gentleman suggested). Or is there something else going on. I just wanted to get your thoughts before I take it to the dealer and get ripped.
thank you, BI