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Old 17 Nov 2005, 03:13 pm
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Default Re: Is it a sign that it is a battery problem if it is difficult to start a car in a hot or humid day?

Thanks all for the reply. Yes, I should add more information. i) many
times, when I turn the key, there are immediate cranking noise and one
or two more turns the engine can get started. But other times (when it
is humid or hot or close to that), when I turned the key, almost
nothing happens; I mean the light on the pannel is very dim and the
cranking is very slow and weak if any. Since the light is very weak
too, I guess it is still not a problem with the starter; more like
being short of power (battery)? But if I keep the key in the position,
after a few seconds, the engine can be started eventually even with the
weak cranking. It is almost like coming back alive from a blackout. ii)
recently seems that the car has been easier to get started. You know it
is cold now. But there is one occasion that I got my car started easily
and drove a few miles to a grocery and when I got out and started it,
it was difficult to get started again. So far, every time I managed to
get it started, even if when it begins like"being blackout". Yes, the
clicks seemed having come from the box containing the fuse and relays.
I don't hear the clicks all the time. When I hear it, it is difficult
to get the car started and seems to me that the light is flashing
following the weak cranking. More and more like to me a power problem.
And it is not like the situation of "blackout". In the situations of
"blackout" I mentioned above, the light is very weak to begin with and
the cranking is slower and weaker and I don't hear the noise from the
cranking. I guess I need to go straight for a new battery. Before snow
piles up, I need to find it out somehow. And again, it has been better
recently with the cold temperature....haha...

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