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Cvxne · 01-12-2015, 06:47 PM

Hey guys so I haven't driven my car since thursday and today I went to go start it and nothing will turn on. The doors won't even unlock. Could it be the battery? My car only has 15,000 miles and I recently installed the Buddy club JDM tail lights but those were plug and plug and I've had other tail lights such as TOMS on my car before with no issues. I tried hooking up spark plugs to the battery and the lights came on but then the car died again. I then tried a second time and nothing. Anyone have any input?

cdrazic93 · 01-12-2015, 06:51 PM

Check your battery with a multimeter, check your fuses, check your alternator, the basics.

Cvxne · 01-12-2015, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Check your battery with a multimeter, check your fuses, check your alternator, the basics.

Unfortunately I don't have a multimeter but I checked the fuses and the alternator and they were fine.

cdrazic93 · 01-12-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cvxne

Unfortunately I don't have a multimeter but I checked the fuses and the alternator and they were fine.

Its almost certainly the battery. This happened to me a while back although my car was unlocked. I turned the key and nothing, not even a click, bought another battery and fired up just fine.

Sugi · 01-12-2015, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrazic93

Its almost certainly the battery. This happened to me a while back although my car was unlocked. I turned the key and nothing, not even a click, bought another battery and fired up just fine.

^Second If you cant even operate your doors with your remote, thats your battery.

Cvxne · 01-12-2015, 07:42 PM

I'm going to go buy a new battery tomorrow and see what happens.

cnk · 01-12-2015, 07:57 PM

Did you close your trunk completely? I killed my battery the other week when the trunk wasn't closed all the way. Charged it back up and it's been fine.

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evan · 01-12-2015, 08:02 PM

Do you have jumper cables and a friendly neighbor?

Also, get yourself a multimeter. It will pay itself off hundreds of times over.

swarb · 01-12-2015, 08:05 PM

with a sig of your bmw.... the frs knows you love the bmw more, so she tried taking herself out of life support. (the battery)

strat61caster · 01-12-2015, 08:31 PM

Probably don't need to buy a battery, jump the car and drive it for an hour to charge it up, figure out if you have a fault in the system first, even the most competent of master mechanics make mistakes.

billwot · 01-13-2015, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cvxne

I'm going to go buy a new battery tomorrow and see what happens.

Buy a multimeter while you're there!

SloS14 · 01-13-2015, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Cvxne

H I tried hooking up spark plugs to the battery and the lights came on but then the car died again.

What the balls?

Cvxne · 01-13-2015, 01:06 PM

I bought a Diehard battery and now the car runs perfectly.

Tcoat · 01-13-2015, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

Probably don't need to buy a battery, jump the car and drive it for an hour to charge it up, figure out if you have a fault in the system first, even the most competent of master mechanics make mistakes.

Just an FYI! Us Northerners can have the horrible experience of a battery freezing if it goes flat when really cold. So replacement of a dead flat battery in below zero temperatures is just a fact of life.

Correct that he needs to check it out even though a new battery "fixed" it. Something caused it to go flat and recently installed tails is some pretty convincing evidence even if just plug and play!

01-12-2015, 06:47 PM	#1
Cvxne Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FRS Location: NY Posts: 79 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Car won't turn on. Hey guys so I haven't driven my car since thursday and today I went to go start it and nothing will turn on. The doors won't even unlock. Could it be the battery? My car only has 15,000 miles and I recently installed the Buddy club JDM tail lights but those were plug and plug and I've had other tail lights such as TOMS on my car before with no issues. I tried hooking up spark plugs to the battery and the lights came on but then the car died again. I then tried a second time and nothing. Anyone have any input? __________________ • FRS BUILD •

01-12-2015, 06:51 PM	#2
cdrazic93 Junior Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: a car Location: Probably at school Posts: 4,341 Thanks: 3,184 Thanked 2,512 Times in 1,502 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Check your battery with a multimeter, check your fuses, check your alternator, the basics. __________________ "Ah! What music! They could have never imagined, those pioneers who invented the automobile, that it would posses us like this, our imaginations, our dreams. Men love women, but even more than that, men love CARS!"-Lord Hesketh

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Cvxne Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FRS Location: NY Posts: 79 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm going to go buy a new battery tomorrow and see what happens. __________________ • FRS BUILD •

01-13-2015, 01:06 PM	#13
Cvxne Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FRS Location: NY Posts: 79 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I bought a Diehard battery and now the car runs perfectly. __________________ • FRS BUILD •

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