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
Need Help with Toyota 2000 Avalon won't start
Sep 01, 2005
7 Replies
I would suspect the voltage regulator. The light flickering could be because of fluctuating voltage.
This however does not fit the no-start problem. Unless maybe you were not getting enough to trigger the starter relay.
Maybe a bad connection, dirty battery cable terminals would be a start. Make sure your ground connections are clean and intact. See if this buys you anything at all.
turn your head light's on and try to start your car if they dimm you have a bad ground if not its your starter
Well I tuned on the head light and started the car, it made a "click" sound and the whole thing die -.everything power off. BTW the battery charger won't start the car anymore, it must be the bad grounding problem, well how can I identify where the bad ground problem comes from Thanks
start with the ground to the body from the battery clean all ends with sand paper or a battery gizmo post cleaner while the ground is off from the battery do the same from the positive to the starter that should fix u up
I suspect headlights dimming when you start the car would be normal on just about any car.
It sounds like you have a bad battery cable or connection.
They may dim, but they dont go dead as a turd, Bruce. High resistance in the power circuit, low battery capacity, or some such.
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