larkin

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It was the coldest it has been since I bought the car and this morning it won't start. It's a 2007 with 21k miles. When I turn the key I just hear a clicking (ignition?) but there is not even a slight engine whine. All the "it's flooded" threads seem to describe that the engine almost starts but in my case nothing is happening except for the click. If I leave the key half turned, all the lights and everything work so I'm tempted to rule out the battery.

Any ideas?

I'd rather not have it towed to the dealer but it should be covered under their 90 safety guarantee.

York

probably a dead battery. It takes very little power to operate the lights. Takes a lot to turn the starter.

Jon316G

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Which you shouldn't....
You use a lot more current while trying to start the car versus having the key turned "half way" and running a few lights.
Has it been a few days since you've run the car?

jasonrxeight

weak battery

gimme_more_oil

I am having the same problems as well. I live in London, Canada. It is -20 for several days now. It was running fine the last time I drove it and I couldn't think of no reason that it is flooded. I am thinking of buying those battery boosters first. Hopefully when it works, I will take it to the dealership.

zoom44

jump start it. then have the battery tested.

is it a manual or an automatic tranny?

larkin

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It was about 40 hours since I last started it.
Battery chargers sound like a good idea. Looks like I'm gonna be calling AAA to get it jumped. Hopefully that will do the job.

MAN

tested where?

zoom44

at a battery place. where do you live?

you could probably just push start it. since its manual.

larkin

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Central Mass. It's parked in a parking lot on a small hill. It could maybe go in reverse two car lengths before hitting another car. Does push starting in reverse work?

zoom44

well if you have AAA just let them do it. looks like you have a bunch of Autozones around you and Advanced auto parts. they'll test the battery for you

VOODOO8

Before you run out chasing remediation ideas, suggest we look a little harder at the issue itself. In the original post there is reference to both "clicking" and "click". Problems associated with multiple clicks + no start can be different than problems associated with single click + no start.

Can you please clarify?

larkin

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It was multiple clicks + no start. Turns out I left a driver's side dome light on. The AAA battery booster jump worked like a charm

Thanks for all the input guys. With all these flooding threads it was helpful to get focused on the battery instead of something more headache inducing.