Starter restarts again while car is already on

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BullDozer
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Starter restarts again while car is already on

Postby BullDozer » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:36 pm

Hi. Recently with the infrequent driving, battery seems weak but starts and several occasions a few sec later tries to restart while engine is already running few sec later tries again then thats it. Has happened several times. I do have remote start but I am not pressing it to start car

Any ideas? FYI. Currently battery shows around 14.4 top of battery post. Noticed battery seems higher ever since installing LED bulbs for head light

Besides horrible grinding sound, How urgent is this? Will a few more restarts be ok?


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Re: Starter restarts again while car is already on

Postby eieio » Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:19 pm

BullDozer wrote:Hi. Recently with the infrequent driving, battery seems weak but starts and several occasions a few sec later tries to restart while engine is already running few sec later tries again then thats it. Has happened several times. I do have remote start but I am not pressing it to start car

Any ideas? FYI. Currently battery shows around 14.4 top of battery post. Noticed battery seems higher ever since installing LED bulbs for head light

Besides horrible grinding sound, How urgent is this? Will a few more restarts be ok?
what do you mean that "battery seems weak"?
i've seen weak batteries and faulty battery connections cause some pretty odd symptoms & problems.

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Postby BullDozer » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:53 pm

I think this is definitely related to the remote starter. I tried again and this time after that sound I took the key out engine stopped then few seconds later started up by itself without key or me pressing on remote starter. The battery seems okay now. I guess letting the car sit two weeks was too much for the battery.


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