stu861 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) The car has been parked up for about a month now so thought id use it to go out earlier, jumped in and started it up, it struggled to start but thought must just be due to not being started up for a while left it to warm up then went out done wat i had to do jumped back in and just made a large clicking noise at first i thought starter motor, but looked at my volt gauge to see it on 0 volts got a mate out with jump leads got her going volts went up to about 12 volts then turned it off with just the ignition on and could see the volt gauge very slowly dropping fired it up again and it did slowly start going back up, so could it be the battery not holding charge even tho it was a brand new battery about a year ago or the alternator dead but there is no warning lights. Please help Edited November 20, 2011 by stu861 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeves1 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Do the other lights come up on the dash? as on my citeron that happened when the alternator went! if it has then might be worth replacing the battery as well, for whatever reason it blew a cell as well didnt hold the charge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossco Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Sounds like your battery is totally flat to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu861 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 lights do come up on dash and cd player starts but does start going dim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supra_boy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Test the battery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 jump it again and drive for 20-30 mins - see if it holds charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeves1 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 lights do come up on dash and cd player starts but does start going dim. Sounds like the Alternator has gone, just dont try doing what i did lol, mine went and then i managed to jump start it, while driving back i lost head lights, head unit pretty much every piece of elertical equipment! but the warning lights all came on. To be honest its one of though situation that id change both for piece of mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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