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5.0JerM
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My car wont start anymore!!! I just had a problem with the battery and bought a new one. I hooked the new battery up and the voltages didn't look right.....I was going to get my alternator tested this weekend and I tried to start my car last night and the battery was completely dead. I jumped the car and the voltage meter went up but when I turned the key, the engine wouldn't turn and it just made a buzzing sound....It didn't even sound like the motor wanted to start!! What could be the problem?? Bad starter, ground wires to battery, what else??? I don't understand how the battery completely died out while just sitting there. Its not like I was running the car. It was a brand new battery and it died in the span of a week!!! Please help me out if you can.

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Posts: 381 | From: Hayward | Registered: Dec 2004  |  :
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what year is your car?

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Posts: 381 | From: Hayward | Registered: Dec 2004  |  :
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man u got juice an cables to start it at the solinoid.u got a charge tester! it sounds like a battery drain or alt chargen.good luck.u check all the ground!battery to motor an motor to car frame.
Posts: 198 | From: vally joe | Registered: Aug 2005  |  :
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maybe a parasitic<sp draw
Posts: 4915 | From: VALLEJO | Registered: May 2004  |  :
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I had problems like that on my 94. It had some connection problems to the battery. I changed the connector and made it worse. good luck on fixin it.

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do you guys think it can be the starter solonoid??? Its making a grinding sound when I try to jump the car but the engine doesn't wanna turn over!!

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1989 White Notchback (4cyl-V8 conversion) R.I.P
1990 Blue Notchback (orginal 5.0) Sold
1996 Saturn SL2 R.I.P

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maybe so. Either battery or starter.

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