Car problem
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- benfal99
I know nothing about mechanic... When I try to start my car, nothing happend... no sound, no lights.. nothing, completly dead. What does it mean? The battery is dead?
I have a Yaris 2011
- pinkfloyd0
Either the battery or igniter I think. I've had both happen to me. For the battery, try to have someone jump it. For an ignitor issue, push your car to the nearest mechanic.
- instrmntl0
Dead battery
- benfal990
Sounds like a sick day at work tomorrow :)
"yeeeah, hi boss, i have a problem with my car... yeeeeahh, its gonna be very complicated for me to go to work today... yeeeaah. see you friday"
*reality - call Joe's Mechanic, get boosted, back in the house 20min later and play video games for the rest of the day*
- ideaist0
The battery is dead, or fried.
If dead you can be boosted (using cables or a booster).
If fried the above will result in failure so deep that you won't be able to get out of bed for 12 hours.
I'm going through a similar test. Old subwoofer draining battery.
- pinkfloyd0
Did you leave the radio on without the car running? A running car replenishes the battery.
- pango0
Ewwww Yaris
- i'm not a car dude, i dont really care about car at all. really.benfal99
- You guys need to duke it outpinkfloyd
- You're both in Canada right?pinkfloyd
- Exchange numbers and setup a timepinkfloyd
- duke it out?
what does it mean in french? :Dbenfal99 - i don't do sword fight....pango
- kung fu?benfal99
- its practically in my blood!pango
- :Dbenfal99
- west vs east!ETM
- Akagiyama0
Yeah just sounds like a dead battery, and a roof lamp can easily drain your car in 3 days.
Either that or you are low on brake light fluid.
- organicgrid0
Have someone push you, you'll get better gas mileage and get there quicker.
- formed0
Yaris had some cool, slightly evil ad campaign if I recall correctly.
It's the battery. Call AAA if you can't get a friend, neighbor or nice stranger to help. Run it for a long time, drive a lot to charge it back up. If it happens again then something is draining it (radio, lights left on, my radar detector used to suck mine out if I didn't drive for more than a few days)
- ********0
A battery is good for 3-5 years, so that is most likely the case.
Usually a dying battery will give you signs before it goes and the radio might still work if the car won't start.
Get someone with jumper cables to jump your car and it will give you 2-5 starts, enough to go to work then to a car parts store.
A new battery is only around $150.
- benfal990
rooftop lamp was on... for 3 days. Battery is dead.
- fooler0
first problem is that you bought a Yaris
- GM2780
Well, now that you need a new battery (or at least a jump) there's no turning back now. My advice is to strip the whole car and turn it into something like this:
- i_monk0
Instead of driving the car, you're letting the car drive you! That's the problem!
