okay i go out to my car to goto class and try to start it, nothing, doesn’t even turn over or anything. Is this just the battery being drained from my radiator fan? or is it the starter., this sucks.
it could be your starter solinoid, or it could be your battery. If your battery has any juice at all (can listen to the radio, headlights ok intensity.) it should at least click over that solinoid. You know when your battery is dead and you turn the key and you hear a click? That is the sound of the starter solinoid. And yes I know I am spelling that word wrong.
I would take your battery out and get it tested before you buy a new starter.
found the problem
yea the battery was drained, now i’m worried if this will happen everywhere i go? its a new battery that i got like 6 months ago and around 4 months ago i had to recharge it again. I think the problem is coming from the cooling fan which doesn’t turn off at long periods of time. Anyone know if i can fix this? thanks
You probably have a battery drain. After you turn your car off something is staying on and killing your battery.
To test this you need a voltage tester. You can get one at AutoZone. It’s like a screwdriver with a light in the handle, and then a cable off the end of the handle with a clamp.
With the car off and the doors closed (nothing on). Remove the positive cable from the battery terminal. Use the clamp end of the tester and clamp the cable bracket. Then touch the positive terminal on the battery with the tester. If the light comes on you have something pulling power from the battery.
Then get somebody else to hold the tester. Then you go to the fuse box on the driver side foot area and start pulling fuses. When you pull the right fuse, the light on your tester should go out. Then you’ll know where the power is being drained.
Good luck.
it could also be your altenator, there are places that can test it while still installed. Their could also be a drain like he said.
yea over the summer my alternator went out and the check engine light came on, so stupid of me i was like oh well i will just drive it. Eventually the everything in the car went dim and i’m like oh crap! i’m so screwed and it stalled out in some neighborhood. So i go and get it rebuilt and its running fine, but i’m almost sure its the cooling fan that is draining the battery. Must be a blown fuse…but thanks for your help guys.
you need to find out whats making the fan stay on. It could either be a relay or the temperature sensor.