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Starter restarts again while car is already on
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:36 pm
by BullDozer
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?
Re: Starter restarts again while car is already on
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:19 pm
by eieio
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:53 pm
by BullDozer
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.