OK so I got the battery and alternator tested last week because Ive been dealing with weak starting. All the lights inside the car have gone dim and the car takes a while to get cranking. Well, I tried leaving for class this morning and it just kept clicking fast. I charged the battery myself over the weekend but it seemed to make it worse. The starter was changed 2 years ago. When I got the car tested, they said its acutally cranking at 0 but for some reason, it still started. Now, it won't. Is this just the battery? I noticed that when i sit in the car and play the radio for a little, it wont start after that.

 

Sounds like the battery to me, however a clicking points to the starter, can you check the charge on the battery?

 

fml?

 

Check the batteries voltage. Check the battery cables, ground and the starter cable. If the battery voltage is good (no less than 12v) and it still doesn't crank, its probably the starter BUT sometime, if the battery is completly finished, it might show the 12v but it will have no amps, and thats what u need really. I would go to a garage and ask them to test ur battery, they can tell if how many amps the battery is giving u.

 

fml=fuck my life haha ok so i got a new battery and when they tested it a 3rd time, the results FINALLY came back as "one of the cells are bad"...thats what they shouldve said the first time. but I got a new one and instead of paying $84, i got it for $48 because my old one was only 3 years old and theres a 5 year warranty. Thank god, its running like a charm.

 

So it was ur battery. Knew it :P