My car would not start, made the first "turning over" sound and then just made fast clicking sounds when the key was turned to start.
I was still receiving power to the car (lights, radio, etc), but I went ahead and replaced the battery.
After replacing the battery, the car did in fact start right up, however, when I come to a stop or take my foot off of the gas, it dies. I had to drive to work with a continual flow of gas going into the car, but my foot on the brake when stopped.
When the car would die a stop, I never lost "power" inside the car. When I would restart the car, all my radio/clock settings were still the same, so that lead me to believe it wasn't the alternator, but something else?
Please advise if you can, and thank you.
I was still receiving power to the car (lights, radio, etc), but I went ahead and replaced the battery.
After replacing the battery, the car did in fact start right up, however, when I come to a stop or take my foot off of the gas, it dies. I had to drive to work with a continual flow of gas going into the car, but my foot on the brake when stopped.
When the car would die a stop, I never lost "power" inside the car. When I would restart the car, all my radio/clock settings were still the same, so that lead me to believe it wasn't the alternator, but something else?
Please advise if you can, and thank you.
Sep 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM
