jecko714

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SO I WENT TO TURN MY CAR ON TONIGHT AND IT TOOK THREE TRIES FOR THE ENGINE TO FINALLY KICK ON..I TURNED IT OFF AFTER A FEW MINUTES THAN TRIED AGAIN.. AND AGAIN THE SAME OUT COME..FINALLY AFTER A THIRD TIME THE CAR WILL NOT START.. ITS NOT THE BATTERY CUZ ALL THE LIGHTS STILL TURN ON AND I CHARGED IT JUST TO BE SURE ...WHAT COULD THIS BE...ALTERNATOR?? STARTER?? NONE OF THESE SHOULD BE TOAST SO SOON RIGHT?? BOUGHT MY CAR JAN OF 2006 AND I HAVE 61--- K MILES ON IT ...CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ANY FEED BACK AS FAR AS WARRANTY COVERAGE ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATION...A MILLION THANKS EVERYONE..

JOEL

Bichon

At 61,000 miles, your car is out of warranty. Why were you thinking battery/alternator/starter? Was the car cranking slowly?

ndk83

Its prob ur battery, cause the same thing happened to my car, at exactly(63,000km) 2 years to the day, my car dies, lights turn on though and the ac works, but car doesnt start. Its makes that sounds like a toy machine gun when u try and turn it on.

Change ur battery ( our batteries have a life span of 2 years of heavy driving) and car will b up and running. As for warranty even if ur car is under warranty the battery is a consumable and you probably have to pay out of pocket (atleast here in dubai u do)

ndk83

Btw what kinda batteries do you US guys have (from the dealer)?

us Mid East folk got the Panasonic one, I use to think batteries last 3-5 years, I wasnt impressed with the panasonic one dying out after 2

four o two

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Interstate batteries. That or an Optima.

Phiber

I would think it is the battery problem also. I left my HID all night and when I tried starting it the next day, it had the same problem as you..when it starts just leave the engine on for 30 minutes. Go on a cruise for 30 minutes so the battery recharges itself..

jecko714

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thanks a lot guys ,, ill try charging it for a lil while longer..thanks

dAiLL3sT

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yeah same problem happened to me when i first got my car. takes 3 or 4 tries till the car starts and it makes some horrific noises when it tries to start.

jecko714

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so i let it charge for 25min and it finally turned on...got a new battery and its all good now..thanks for everyones input

XhyDra

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I just had my car in for the engine rattle at start up & they replaced my battery under warranty, the work order said it failed load test. Although I never had a problem like yours I did notice that sometimes when I'd start the car it would sound like it was about to start but it just puffed and didn't start. The only thing I could of thought of was that I feathered the Start button but I guess it was a battery issue. Anywho under warranty at 35k they gave me a new battery.