Acura RL 2000 won't start. Car trouble?
You say the battery is at 65.... 65 What? Percent? Not good at all. 65 amps? Only good enough to run the starter. Or was it suppose to be 650 Ah capacity? I think your battery is bad.
Car won't start if AC is on?
Ok so my car has a hard time starting if I leave the dial for my AC on before I shut the car off. If I set the dial to off it will start up. Any ideas? Please don't say just leave the dial off! I just want to know if there is a bigger issue, thanks.
What should I do if my car won't start, but the lights work?
Honestly, if your car won’t start it could be any of the following 2 problems.(1) Faulty battery. Your battery might not be able to hold it’s charge any more as a result won’t be able to assist starting up the car. One way to check if it’s the battery is by boosting you car with the help of another car. If you boost it and the car still doesn’t turn on, then it’s likely the starter. Also if you’re from a cold region like Canada, oftentimes in cold weather (below 0 degrees celsius), batteries often aren’t able to hold as much of a charge due to cold weather. A boost will solve this problem, but a battery replacement may be required in the worst scenario.(2) Faulty starter. The starter helps with igniting the vehicle, so if you’ve ruled out that the battery is fine and the car still doesn’t start and it makes a clicking sound with the lights on, then it’s likely a faulty starter and you’ll need a starter replacement.
Alternator problems, car won't start after I use A/C?
Most of the time, my car starts just fine. However, a couple of weeks ago, I used the air conditioner for about 10 minutes right before I arrived somewhere, and when I went to leave a few minutes later, I could not get my car started. At the time, my coolant light was on indicating that it was low, and I thought that maybe my car had just overheated (it was really warm out and I'd been running a lot of errands). I ended up having it towed home, added coolant later that night, and it started up fine the next morning. Today when I got home I decided to test it again to see if it would do the same thing...I had my car running in the parking lot and turned on my a/c for about ten minutes. I shut my car off, and was unable to restart it. I don't know a lot about cars, but I do know that running the a/c uses a lot of power (right?) and I'm guessing that maybe the alternator is starting to go bad and that running the a/c just kills it completely. But I'm not sure, because I don't know a TON about cars, and I've only had this car for about 6 months. It's a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GT with 160k miles.