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Hello:

I have gotten excellent advice here before. So here I go again!

I drove the car to the store. Everything working perfectly. I get back
in it and the door beep slowly died and now the car won't start. It
won't turn over, no indicator lights, no beeps. Totally dead.

A kind stranger offered to jump it and it started right up. Drove home
(thank god) and once turned off, it won't start again.

I searched around under the hood and noticed one of the spark plug
wires (the one with a gold dot on it) was loose. I pulled it out and
the metal shield inside it fell off. I put that back on, but still
nothing. It will always start with a jump though.

I'm sure this is an easy one. Any advice?

Thanks in advance. If I figure it out first, I'll post a follow up.

If your terminals are clean then the battery may have an internal short.
Instant death is the result.


<stacek@knology.net> wrote in message
news:1160752052.736940.257670@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello:
>
> I have gotten excellent advice here before. So here I go again!
>
> I drove the car to the store. Everything working perfectly. I get back
> in it and the door beep slowly died and now the car won't start. It
> won't turn over, no indicator lights, no beeps. Totally dead.
>
> A kind stranger offered to jump it and it started right up. Drove home
> (thank god) and once turned off, it won't start again.
>
> I searched around under the hood and noticed one of the spark plug
> wires (the one with a gold dot on it) was loose. I pulled it out and
> the metal shield inside it fell off. I put that back on, but still
> nothing. It will always start with a jump though.
>
> I'm sure this is an easy one. Any advice?
>
> Thanks in advance. If I figure it out first, I'll post a follow up.
>

Art wrote:
> If your terminals are clean then the battery may have an internal short.
> Instant death is the result.
>
>
> <stacek@knology.net> wrote in message
> news:1160752052.736940.257670@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>> Hello:
>>
>> I have gotten excellent advice here before. So here I go again!
>>
>> I drove the car to the store. Everything working perfectly. I get back
>> in it and the door beep slowly died and now the car won't start. It
>> won't turn over, no indicator lights, no beeps. Totally dead.
>>
>> A kind stranger offered to jump it and it started right up. Drove home
>> (thank god) and once turned off, it won't start again.
>>
>> I searched around under the hood and noticed one of the spark plug
>> wires (the one with a gold dot on it) was loose. I pulled it out and
>> the metal shield inside it fell off. I put that back on, but still
>> nothing. It will always start with a jump though.
>>
>> I'm sure this is an easy one. Any advice?
>>
>> Thanks in advance. If I figure it out first, I'll post a follow up.
>>
>
>
Have you checked your ground? If it's not properly grounded, it wont
start and nothing will work. You might try taking it to your local
parts store and they can tell you if your battery is shot or not.

HTH

Eric

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