Need Help with Toyota 2000 Avalon won't start

6 months ago my battery went dead on my 2000 Toyota Avalon (58K miles). I replaced with Sear DieHard battery. In a week or 2 I started to notice that the door lights flicker as well as the dashboard (odometer display) and the day lights , the local Toyota dealer told me my alternator is no good, I replaced the alternator with a remanufacture one less than half of the new alternator, But the light flickering did not really go away, I am kind of ignoring it as long as the car can run. Two days ago in the morning the car wouldn't start, it won't crank and make no sound at all, I check the battery it is good (I know because I took it out and used on my other car Maxima and it started without any problem, I also took the battery to Sear and they checked that the battery is in good shape) One clue is that if I used a battery charger to jump start the Avalon, it cranked and started, so what is wrong with my Toyota Avalon can anyone help ? Thanks in advance
Reply to
wswwong
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You should go back to the Toyota dealer and explain what you explained here. There are several possible causes, including a bad replacement alternator, loose wire or cable, or bad voltage regulator.

Reply to
Ray O

Sure...providing that you jumped it in the usual way (connected the jump cables to the battery post clamps)...then the problem could only be that you had a poor connection from the battery post clamps to the battery...clean 'em up and tighten them tight and they should work fine.

Reply to
Gord Beaman

You need to start by following the battery cables. I suspect you have a loose connection somewhere, probably not far away from the battery.

Reply to
Chris Hill

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