Car randomly wont start, happened 3-4 times in the past week. Do I need a new battery - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BlOody_BoOger · 01-18-2021, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MilkyWitness

Okay I just went into my car and saw that button, pretty hard to get to. When the clutch is fully pushed in, the switch is not fully pressed, I can push it in further if I use my knife to get to it. I'll have to see if I can get something on there to be able to push it fully in, its really really hard to get to on my car for some reason

Any updates brotha?

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p1l0t · 01-19-2021, 12:11 PM

I started having issues on cold days in the winter after about 40k miles as well. I put up with for one season by just having a jump pack handy and charged in the car at all times just in case. Eventually I got tired of it though and just bought a new battery. Now it doesn't care what temperature it is (noticibly anyway). Battery life expectancy in a car is usually about 4 years anyway.

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PulsarBeeerz · 01-19-2021, 09:50 PM

I have that happen every now and then. The steering wheel has a lockout solenoid for parking. Sometimes it wont release when the wheel has tension on it. Jiggle the wheel and I bet it fires right up.

soundman98 · 01-19-2021, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by p1l0t

I started having issues on cold days in the winter after about 40k miles as well. I put up with for one season by just having a jump pack handy and charged in the car at all times just in case. Eventually I got tired of it though and just bought a new battery. Now it doesn't care what temperature it is (noticibly anyway). Battery life expectancy in a car is usually about 4 years anyway.

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[still on oem battery, never not started, even once]

Ultramaroon · 01-25-2021, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

[still on oem battery, never not started, even once]

Dayum! Chi-town no less! I replaced mine the day before the odo flipped past 60 Kmi. Still wondering how I can score a new Panasonic battery just for fun.

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01-19-2021, 12:11 PM	#16
p1l0t Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2016 Subaru BRZ Hyperblue Location: West Hartford, CT Posts: 8,478 Thanks: 22,741 Thanked 9,438 Times in 4,847 Posts Mentioned: 58 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I started having issues on cold days in the winter after about 40k miles as well. I put up with for one season by just having a jump pack handy and charged in the car at all times just in case. Eventually I got tired of it though and just bought a new battery. Now it doesn't care what temperature it is (noticibly anyway). Battery life expectancy in a car is usually about 4 years anyway. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

01-19-2021, 09:50 PM	#17
PulsarBeeerz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: JRSC BRZ SOLD Location: Ohio Posts: 939 Thanks: 682 Thanked 741 Times in 396 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have that happen every now and then. The steering wheel has a lockout solenoid for parking. Sometimes it wont release when the wheel has tension on it. Jiggle the wheel and I bet it fires right up.

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