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Pellaz · 06-08-2004, 03:01 PM

Ok, so I go to start my 96 lumina yesterday, and it's a no go. Radio and interior lights/fans will come on, but nothing happens when I turn the key. Thinking the battery might be low, I try to jump it. It takes a while, but I finaly manage to do so.

Drive it around for a few miles to try and charge it back up, come back, turn it off, wait a few minutes, try again, and it won't start.

Try jumping it again, and that's a no go this time. The curious thing is that the radio/lights/fans still work.

So I get it towed to my mechanic, and don't hear anything back from them. So I call today a bit before closing only to find out that the car has been finished for some time. grrrrrrrrrrrr!

The person I spoke with on the phone wasn't very knowledgeable (it took him 15 minutes to determine that my car, was, in fact, there), but from what I could gather they checked the battery and the alternator, found the battery was the problem, replaced it, did a road test on it, and everything is fine.

So is this possible? For a battery to be so dead you can't jump it and for all that interior crap to still work?

Edit:forgot to mention that I can't get the car until tomorow morning, and they're now closed, but my obsesive self can't wait that long.

06-08-2004, 03:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pellaz Addict Location: Texas	Battery Questions Ok, so I go to start my 96 lumina yesterday, and it's a no go. Radio and interior lights/fans will come on, but nothing happens when I turn the key. Thinking the battery might be low, I try to jump it. It takes a while, but I finaly manage to do so. Drive it around for a few miles to try and charge it back up, come back, turn it off, wait a few minutes, try again, and it won't start. Try jumping it again, and that's a no go this time. The curious thing is that the radio/lights/fans still work. So I get it towed to my mechanic, and don't hear anything back from them. So I call today a bit before closing only to find out that the car has been finished for some time. grrrrrrrrrrrr! The person I spoke with on the phone wasn't very knowledgeable (it took him 15 minutes to determine that my car, was, in fact, there), but from what I could gather they checked the battery and the alternator, found the battery was the problem, replaced it, did a road test on it, and everything is fine. So is this possible? For a battery to be so dead you can't jump it and for all that interior crap to still work? Edit:forgot to mention that I can't get the car until tomorow morning, and they're now closed, but my obsesive self can't wait that long. __________________ " ' Big Mouth. Remember it took three of you to kill me. A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "