Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5 years old or older, try replacing it and see if that helps first. In some cases they're still reasonably strong even after that so in some cases a battery test may reveal your old one is still serviceable. Usually the battery is near the end after 5 years but you sometimes get lucky.
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Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5 years old or older, try replacing it and see if that helps first. In some cases they're still reasonably strong even after that so in some cases a battery test may reveal your old one is still serviceable. '''Usually the battery is near the end of it's life after 5 years but you sometimes get lucky.'''
If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a rebuilt unit in the past) that is OEM or new but not rebuilt. This is the second common reason for no starting.
If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere that will take some time to find, or something like the anti theft system or ECU may be failing. With the anti theft system it may be bypassable, but I am not going to discuss that here or provide links on how - you're on your own. If it's an ECU, they usually need pairing to the BCM and anti theft system and can be over $1k in some cases. At that point you probably want to go to a mechanic unless you own a scan tool which can do the pairing already ($$$).
Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5 years old or older, try replacing it and see if that helps first.
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Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5 years old or older, try replacing it and see if that helps first. In some cases they're still reasonably strong even after that so in some cases a battery test may reveal your old one is still serviceable. Usually the battery is near the end after 5 years but you sometimes get lucky.
If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a rebuilt unit in the past) that is OEM or new but not rebuilt. This is the second common reason for no starting.
If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere that will take some time to find, or something like the anti theft system or ECU may be failing. With the anti theft system it may be bypassable, but I am not going to discuss that here or provide links on how - you're on your own. If it's an ECU, they usually need pairing to the BCM and anti theft system and can be over $1k in some cases. At that point you probably want to go to a mechanic unless you own a scan tool which can do the pairing already ($$$).
Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5+ years old, try replacing it and see if that helps.
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Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5 years old or older, try replacing it and see if that helps first.
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If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a Mexican rebuilt unit) that’s better quality (installyourself so you know it’s done right and see if a quality alternator fixes the issue.
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If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a rebuilt unit in the past) that is OEM or new but not rebuilt. This is the second common reason for no starting.
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If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere and that’s a nightmare to fix, or there is something wrong with one of the computers like the ECU. An ECU may total out the car since you need to take it to a mechanic to get it paired with the BCM and it’s usually ~$1k to get a new one, plus labor. You need a scan tool that can do this and they usually cost ~$5k or more.
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If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere that will take some time to find, or something like the anti theft system or ECU may be failing. With the anti theft system it may be bypassable, but I am not going to discuss that here or provide links on how - you're on your own. If it's an ECU, they usually need pairing to the BCM and anti theft system and can be over $1k in some cases. At that point you probably want to go to a mechanic unless you own a scan tool which can do the pairing already ($$$).
Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5+ years old, try replacing it and see if that helps.
If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a Mexican rebuilt unit) that’s better quality (install yourself so you know it’s done right and see if a quality alternator fixes the issue.
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If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere and that’s a nightmare to fix, or there is something wrong with one of the computers like the ECU. An ECU will total this out since you need to take it to a mechanic to get it paired with the BCM and it’s usually ~$1k to get a new one.
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If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere and that’s a nightmare to fix, or there is something wrong with one of the computers like the ECU. An ECU may total out the car since you need to take it to a mechanic to get it paired with the BCM and it’s usually ~$1k to get a new one, plus labor. You need a scan tool that can do this and they usually cost ~$5k or more.
Lead acid car batteries don’t like being discharged and tend to “expire” in ~5 years. Check when your battery was made and if it’s 5+ years old, try replacing it and see if that helps.
If you do not get a better result with a replacement battery, you may need to try another alternator (especially if you used a Mexican rebuilt unit) that’s better quality (install yourself so you know it’s done right and see if a quality alternator fixes the issue.
If you have issues with it even with a new battery and a quality alternator, you likely have a parasitic draw somewhere and that’s a nightmare to fix, or there is something wrong with one of the computers like the ECU. An ECU will total this out since you need to take it to a mechanic to get it paired with the BCM and it’s usually ~$1k to get a new one.