[FR-S2GT86]

Originally Posted by TeaFee

Walked my butt to autozone and hauled a new battery back.
Popped it in and that managed to bring the car back to life.

Bit confused cause the very 1st thing I tried when it didn't start was jumping the car with my portable lithium power pack jumper thing.
When that didn't work, I didn't think to multimeter the battery to double check.


7.8v when it was still attached to the terminals in the car.
11.9v now after 24hrs have passed since I swapped it out and left it on the ground.
Does that suggest something else is the root issue and not the battery, or is that normal?
New one's still reading 12v+ for now.



-2014 manual limited
-Nope, did not even know those were a thing, thanks for the info.
-I do have one, but couldn't really get it to establish a connection with the car.
Guessing if the charge was so low that it couldn't even keep the lights on without flickering, maybe didn't have enough to power the OBD-Reader?
Though it did power up the reader just fine, just couldn't get it to 'establish a connection with the car'.
The interior overhead lights also wasn't turning on, neither was the door/trunk's auto unlock when sensing the key fob. Though it sensed it just fine when inside the car and trying to start it.
The instrument panel and the day-light running LEDs were illuminated, but would flicker like a dying lightbulb every now and then.

That negative terminal clamp looks aftermarket to me.