Need Help diagnosing - won't start
07-10-2010, 10:38 PM
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Need Help diagnosing - won't start
Went on vacation and left the 8 in the garage. It has run great with no issues since we bought it in May of last year with 43k miles on it. It now has 49k miles on it and everything was up to date when we bought it.
Anyway, my parents needed something out of my garage while we were gone so they moved the car out, moved some things around, got what they needed, and put the car back in the garage while we were gone. My mother noticed the car was somewhat low on gas so she went back a couple of days later to take it and gas it up as a surprise/gift for our daughter. But it wouldn't start. I figured, well she must have flooded it when she moved it out and back in the garage the other day without warming it up or driving it and doesn't know how to restart it and probably let the battery get too weak trying.
Well about a week later we arrive home (today) and try to start the car. When I put the key in the ignition and turn it to ON, everything appears normal, bells, whistles, lights, etc. I turn the key and the starter turns but it doesn't have that redundant turning over sound, it just sounds like it is turning at one speed and a little slower than usual. Tried starting it while jumped to another vehicle and get the same thing. It's difficult to describe how it sounds. I'd describe the normal sound as the motor sort of winding up before starting but now it is just a steady turning sound.
Any thoughts or ideas or advice? I hope this is not BAD bad.
Anyway, my parents needed something out of my garage while we were gone so they moved the car out, moved some things around, got what they needed, and put the car back in the garage while we were gone. My mother noticed the car was somewhat low on gas so she went back a couple of days later to take it and gas it up as a surprise/gift for our daughter. But it wouldn't start. I figured, well she must have flooded it when she moved it out and back in the garage the other day without warming it up or driving it and doesn't know how to restart it and probably let the battery get too weak trying.
Well about a week later we arrive home (today) and try to start the car. When I put the key in the ignition and turn it to ON, everything appears normal, bells, whistles, lights, etc. I turn the key and the starter turns but it doesn't have that redundant turning over sound, it just sounds like it is turning at one speed and a little slower than usual. Tried starting it while jumped to another vehicle and get the same thing. It's difficult to describe how it sounds. I'd describe the normal sound as the motor sort of winding up before starting but now it is just a steady turning sound.
Any thoughts or ideas or advice? I hope this is not BAD bad.
Last edited by 05TouringRX8; 07-10-2010 at 10:43 PM.
07-11-2010, 04:14 AM
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thats similar to what happened to me on the day of my midterm =/
i tried starting the car, but it wouldnt turn over, but all the lights, radio, dash lights came on perfectly fine. my friend came over and we tried jump starting the car and everything, no go. so for the life of me, i couldnt figure out what it was, so i called the mazda dealership and it turns out it was in fact the battery and they replaced it.
my guess is have the battery checked out. [mazda dealership charges an arm and a leg]
i tried starting the car, but it wouldnt turn over, but all the lights, radio, dash lights came on perfectly fine. my friend came over and we tried jump starting the car and everything, no go. so for the life of me, i couldnt figure out what it was, so i called the mazda dealership and it turns out it was in fact the battery and they replaced it.
my guess is have the battery checked out. [mazda dealership charges an arm and a leg]
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