Woke up the other morning, completely dead battery. Nothing left on or plugged in, just dead.


Then, it won't jump. I put it in neutral, because I read online that 99's sometimes have some sort of modual problem that won't let them start in drive after a while, nothing.

I take the battery to Sears, it was diehard, they tried to charge it but it was bad, got a new one.

Put the new battery in, it has a charge, but the car simply won't roll over.

I am trying to avoid taking it a shop before I try everything I can do myself, I have another car to drive around from my parents, but I have no idea where to go from here.

Any ideas welcome, thanks.

7/26/2006 1:41:37 PM

beat on the starter with a hammer

7/26/2006 1:56:21 PM

^ He says the starter is working, engine is just not turning over.

Why hit it?

7/26/2006 3:33:39 PM

It's the alternator.

It's always the alternator.

7/26/2006 3:40:57 PM

lol

7/26/2006 3:45:54 PM

just fixed it, thank god, but it wasn't the alternator.

It was the air intake sticking due to carbon build-up, I think.

Basically I had to throttle the engine myself to start the car, and then a combination of that and cleaning the intake I finally got the car to start. So yeah.

7/26/2006 4:07:37 PM