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Car won't start

Sent to Car Experts August 24 11:00 AM

My car won't start! Nothing happens, no noise, lights nothing. I
replaced
my battery about 4 months ago...what could it be?

Customer (name blocked for privacy)
Status:  Closed   Value: $5
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August 24 11:04 AM (3 minutes and 52 seconds later)
         
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Have you tried jump starting it?
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August 24 11:08 AM (4 minutes and 15 seconds later)
         
Reply to Hammer Time's Post: No, not yet....I heard maybe the cables on the battery are lose ,
could that be it? My battery is only 4 months old could that still
be the problem?
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
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August 24 12:06 PM (58 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
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At this point, anything can be the problem. You need to check annd try some things.

What's the year, mmake and model?

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August 24 12:09 PM (2 minutes and 15 seconds later)
         
Reply to Hammer Time's Post: Its a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire. The thing is I started the car about
and hour and half before and drove about 10 miles and all was
fine, then I went to start again and nothing happened.
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
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August 24 12:21 PM (12 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
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You have a low voltage issue. You need to start at the battery and check the connections, then test the battery. If you have no problem there, you will have to start moving down the cables and check connections at the starter and ground cable connections at the engine block and frame.

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August 24 12:46 PM (25 minutes and 9 seconds later)
         
I will try that, so basically it is most likely a cable that has a bad
connection somewhere, correct? If it is the connection to my
battery is this something that is going to continue to occur or as
soon as I fix it, it will be ok?
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
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August 24 12:47 PM (1 minute and 7 seconds later)
         
Thank you!
Customer (name blocked for privacy)
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