so last week i tried to turn on my car and it wouldnt start..dad said i had left my overhead light on so i just jumped the car and it started up no problems...went around and floored it up and down a flat road a few times to charge it up

now its been sitting for about a week and the same problems...now im sure i didnt keep the light on but it just wont turn over even when im trying to jump it..

starter? battery? alternator?

not that id know what im lookin at buuuuttttt what am i looking at that the dealership is gonna charge me for?

 

go to the dealership and find out.

Explain to me again, why you would want to go to the dealership to do work on a 11 year old car that won't start?

 

Battery is probably going bad.

 

soudns like ur battery isnt holding a charge...take it to a parts store and have it tested or put a trickle charge on it to see if it then takes a charge....if it is the abttery they are easy to replace urself

 

This happend to a friend of mine. The shop told him the alternator was fine because after the jump, the car would run. He said the battery was the problem because it didnt hold the charge. Most car stores check batteries for free, atleast around here but I'm sure it would be everywhere else also. Please don't pay someone else to put it in for you. Either do it yourself (VERY VERY easy) or I know some stores put them in for free as a convenince thing.

 

turns out it was the battery's time to die

got a new one and replaced it..seems to be working fine glad it wasnt something major

 

Caugh.. Calf.