Will not start only clicking

120,000 MILES • 0.6L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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GARLICKSAMUEL
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haven't started my car in a month, today i tried to turn it on and it made a clicking but that's it. the lights came on. what should i do?
Feb 6, 2021 at 4:32 AM
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DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

It sounds like you might have a drained battery. Here are a few battery tutorials for you to view:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-charge-your-car-battery

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-a-car-battery-works

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/symptoms-of-a-bad-car-battery

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-jump-start-car-battery-using-jumper-cables

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-car-battery

If you remove the battery from your car and take it to your local auto parts store they will charge it and test for free. Let us know what happens. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
Feb 6, 2021 at 5:50 AM
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