Accidentally stalled the car while in 1st, now won't start
05-13-2012, 08:15 PM
#1
Accidentally stalled the car while in 1st, now won't start Here's the situation. I pulled my 2000 Trans Am in front of my parking spot then someone yelled over to me to talk, while distracted I took my foot off of the clutch thinking I was in neutral when I was actually in 1st and it jumped fwd and stalled of course. I tried to start the car up and NOTHING. Head lights stuck in the up position. No juice no dash lights no clicking. When I popped the hood there was a light clicking coming from the front of the car drivers side opposite the battery.
I had a friend try to jump, and as soon as we hooked up the cables on my side, WITHOUT his side on yet, the pop up lights went down. We charged for 5 mins, windows went up dash lit but it wouldn't turn over, just clicking. When I went to set the alarm, the doors locked but the horn didn't honk, 5 mins later the alarm went off on its own, the pop up lights came back up but weren't lit, I ran out hit the alarm off and it stopped and the lights went down! Then I set the alarm and it set like normal
Now, the car sits and gets driven very little. The battery is about 2 yrs old, and I drove the car fine today twice for 25 miles each way. No issues starting it up either time, the issues arose only after I effed up and stalled when I let out the clutch. Any help or thoughts is appreciated.
I had a friend try to jump, and as soon as we hooked up the cables on my side, WITHOUT his side on yet, the pop up lights went down. We charged for 5 mins, windows went up dash lit but it wouldn't turn over, just clicking. When I went to set the alarm, the doors locked but the horn didn't honk, 5 mins later the alarm went off on its own, the pop up lights came back up but weren't lit, I ran out hit the alarm off and it stopped and the lights went down! Then I set the alarm and it set like normal
Now, the car sits and gets driven very little. The battery is about 2 yrs old, and I drove the car fine today twice for 25 miles each way. No issues starting it up either time, the issues arose only after I effed up and stalled when I let out the clutch. Any help or thoughts is appreciated.
Last edited by hurley711; 05-13-2012 at 08:52 PM.
05-13-2012, 08:37 PM
#2
Quick update. Went out, used the key fob and the doors unlocked and opened. All lights in car on. Went to start, nothing. No clicking no turning over. Went to relock and alarm with the key fob, and it wouldn't work. Power locks wouldn't work. Had to lock each side manually.
05-13-2012, 08:56 PM
#3
Check battery connections 1st. Sounds like that or a crapped out battery to me. Odd timing but stranger things have happened.
What kind of battery is it?
For what it's worth on my old 98 I drove that car all over the place fine, drove to work fine, came out at lunch and the battery was dead as a doornail. They can and do spontaneously fail.
What kind of battery is it?
For what it's worth on my old 98 I drove that car all over the place fine, drove to work fine, came out at lunch and the battery was dead as a doornail. They can and do spontaneously fail.
05-13-2012, 09:30 PM
#4
Check battery connections 1st. Sounds like that or a crapped out battery to me. Odd timing but stranger things have happened.
What kind of battery is it?
For what it's worth on my old 98 I drove that car all over the place fine, drove to work fine, came out at lunch and the battery was dead as a doornail. They can and do spontaneously fail.
What kind of battery is it?
For what it's worth on my old 98 I drove that car all over the place fine, drove to work fine, came out at lunch and the battery was dead as a doornail. They can and do spontaneously fail.
Exide!
05-15-2012, 05:12 PM
#6
Got to quick look at the car today. Fob unlocked the car and the lights flashed. Put the key in and all gauges jumped, when I went to turn her over nothing. No click no juice and the power slowly died. Relocked and it worked, only doors locked no lights flashed and the horn didn't honk.
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05-15-2012, 07:57 PM
#11
The resistors in our keys also wear out and cause weird issues like your having.
I didn't read the whole thread......but did you charge the battery on a charger till it was full.....then see what happens? Or maybe charge it with jumper cables for about 20 minutes, see if that allows the engine to run longer. If it does, bad battery.
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I didn't read the whole thread......but did you charge the battery on a charger till it was full.....then see what happens? Or maybe charge it with jumper cables for about 20 minutes, see if that allows the engine to run longer. If it does, bad battery.
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