For the past few months I noticed that after I drive my for awhile & I turn the engine off, when I try to turn the engine on again it's been turning over slowly before starting up again. I've noticed that it would do that when the engine is hot. At times it would do the same thing after running my A/C. But last month my car wouldn't even start, it just made a very weak winding noise & then it died. My car wouldn't even turn over. I had to call my dad to come & jump start me & I was by myself, 9 pm, in the parking lot of a mini mall! Ever since then at least 3-4 times a week I've had to have someone jump start me where ever I was at. My car is only a year old so I still have my warranty from the dealership. I finally took it in last week to have them find out what the problem was. My husband and other men I spoke to told me that it had to be either the battery was junk or something was wrong with the alternator. The dealership ran a Diagnostic System check on the Battery, Starter System & the Alternator and the results came back as (Battery)"GOOD", (Starter System)"NO PROBLEMS CRANKING NORMAL" & (Alternator)"NO PROBLEMS NORMAL OPERATION AT THIS TIME". When I asked them what else could be wrong with my car and why is my car acting up like this... they couldn't give me an answer, they didn't know what was wrong with my car. And that's exactly how I left the dealership last week.... with NO ANSWERS AT ALL. This happened last week Wed. and within the past 3 days I needed a jump start 2x. I really don't know what to do... help
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For the past few months I noticed that after I drive my for awhile & I turn the engine off, when I try to turn the engine on again it's been turning over slowly before starting up again. I've noticed that it would do that when the engine is hot. At times it would do the same thing after running my A/C. But last month my car wouldn't even start, it just made a very weak winding noise & then it died. My car wouldn't even turn over. I had to call my dad to come & jump start me & I was by myself, 9 pm, in the parking lot of a mini mall! Ever since then at least 3-4 times a week I've had to have someone jump start me where ever I was at. My car is only a year old so I still have my warranty from the dealership. I finally took it in last week to have them find out what the problem was. My husband and other men I spoke to told me that it had to be either the battery was junk or something was wrong with the alternator. The dealership ran a Diagnostic System check on the Battery, Starter System & the Alternator and the results came back as (Battery)"GOOD", (Starter System)"NO PROBLEMS CRANKING NORMAL" & (Alternator)"NO PROBLEMS NORMAL OPERATION AT THIS TIME". When I asked them what else could be wrong with my car and why is my car acting up like this... they couldn't give me an answer, they didn't know what was wrong with my car. And that's exactly how I left the dealership last week.... with NO ANSWERS AT ALL. This happened last week Wed. and within the past 3 days I needed a jump start 2x. I really don't know what to do... help
- psouza, Waianae, HI, US