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SmireyFase · 09-02-2016, 04:17 AM

My '13 scion frs is having problems lately. My car died twice in the span of 2 weeks. I had to get a jump start to continue driving my car. The symptoms were as follows. My car (on full charge) would drive fine for about 2 weeks before giving off signs of a dying battery, alternator, or bad sparks ? So whenever I put my key in and turn it, I would see all the electricals turn on (check engine light, traction, griploss lights, tpms, etc etc) and I would hear lots of clicking noises. It never holds the charge and turns over the car. I am absolutely dumb founded as to what it can be. I don't know if it's the alternator that's not charging my battery. My sparks not turning over, or if its just my battery not holding the charge.

(This was recreated for the community in the case that someone else has this problem as those with '13 twins will start having similar problems) I fixed this problem by testing out the battery via AutoZone with a volt tester, it told me it had a bad battery so I swapped it out and everything is brand spanking running. If anyone else has this problem test your battery! Instead of trying to swap out an alternator for 400 or paying for sparks ($70, and paying for exorbitant labor fees).
thanks @swarb for reminding me to keep it up for the community) haha

Also, thank you to @Nickosport and @Tcoat for helping me identify and resolving this problem.

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09-02-2016, 04:17 AM	#1
SmireyFase Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Drives: FR-S White - Smexy. Location: KoreaTown Posts: 346 Thanks: 51 Thanked 80 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Help? My '13 scion frs is having problems lately. My car died twice in the span of 2 weeks. I had to get a jump start to continue driving my car. The symptoms were as follows. My car (on full charge) would drive fine for about 2 weeks before giving off signs of a dying battery, alternator, or bad sparks ? So whenever I put my key in and turn it, I would see all the electricals turn on (check engine light, traction, griploss lights, tpms, etc etc) and I would hear lots of clicking noises. It never holds the charge and turns over the car. I am absolutely dumb founded as to what it can be. I don't know if it's the alternator that's not charging my battery. My sparks not turning over, or if its just my battery not holding the charge. (This was recreated for the community in the case that someone else has this problem as those with '13 twins will start having similar problems) I fixed this problem by testing out the battery via AutoZone with a volt tester, it told me it had a bad battery so I swapped it out and everything is brand spanking running. If anyone else has this problem test your battery! Instead of trying to swap out an alternator for 400 or paying for sparks ($70, and paying for exorbitant labor fees). thanks @swarb for reminding me to keep it up for the community) haha Also, thank you to @Nickosport and @Tcoat for helping me identify and resolving this problem. Tcoat i s ugly... Last edited by SmireyFase; 09-02-2016 at 09:21 PM.