i went on for a vacation for one month...and when i came back , my z won't start.....


so i called CAA..the CAA driver tried to boost my car...


but my z can not be boosted at all....

the driver said it might be the viper system that i installed in my car that prevents the car from being boosted....

no matter what the driver does, my z has nothing, does not crank at all no lights, no nothing.

can anyone help???

 

What year is the car? Maybe your battery is in need of a replacement. It should have started after a month of sitting.

 

it's a 2008..

the driver tried to boost my car using a new battery pack....but my z won't take the boost.....nothing is working ..no lights at all.....

 

Your battery is toast. Remove and test, upon confirmation of fail, replace and call it a day.

Annoying, but definitely the case here as per described symptoms. You could always try trickle charging it whilst in the car, if it does not accept the charge.. it's also dead.

 

Possibly 2 things.....
-Maybe the terminal connections are loose
-The Battery is Toast

 

your alternator might be toast, so your ancilliary usage drained the battery the last time you used it.

 

Its extremely likely your battery is just dead, they can get to the point where you can't even boost it (same thing happened with my car about a year ago). Simply replace it.

 

^ what Basha said...same thing happened to me at work last year

car was unable to be boosted, terminal connection was loose

 

thanks for all the input..

so what am i supposed to do ?

i asked the CAA guy...but he said getting a new battery isn't going to solve my problem

he said it might be the alarm system that prevent my car from running....which i doubt..

will a alarm system prevent a car battery from taking charge??

so what am i supposed to do ? i guess calling CAA is useless at this point...

my car is sitting in underground parking....should i tow the car to a dealership or garage to get it checked?

 

The CAA guy is a moron, how can he make that assessment without having installed a new battery? I would assume it is *not* the terminals - because he should have checked; loose terminals are a peice of cake.

Your alarm has *nothing* to do with your car not starting, at least from the standpoint of you getting no power what-so-ever. It is *not* your alternator either - a charged battery is required as the power source for your starter - your alternator assumes the charging and load of the cars electrical needs as soon as the engine begins turning over on its own.

Replace the battery. It's very easy - buy a hanes manual and do it yourself... if the car is on summers you're not really taking it very far, are you? So assuming this is not its permanent storage point have it towed to wherever that is.

If this is the location for storage install new battery, confirm start up and remove battery and trickle charge until ready to remove to storage and then install and drive off. end of story lol.

 

Just go get a new battery and drop it in. Your alarm system cannot function without voltage and will require a minimum voltage for logic levels.

Your battery is so dead that you need to charge it up before you can boost it. Problem is a lot of these "smart" 6v/12v chargers will think your battery is a 6v battery and charge it to that level.

 

The alarm system could prevent it from starting if the battery had decent voltage but not enough for a logic high. This doesnt seem to be the case though.

Put a multimeter on your battery, its probably less that 3v.

 

thanks...guys...i ll try to get a new battery for my car tomorrow to see if it helps

the CAA guy runned a test on my current battery...

the results are

Voltage:1.93V

time to charge
7hours@6A
4hours@10A
2hours@20A
Severely discharged..

however, i asked the CAA guy if getting a new battery could solve the problem...

he said it's not gonna help.....he said he already boosted my car using a powerful battery pack..but no lights no nothing...and he said it's probably becuase of the viper alarm system that locks out my car....OMG....

 

umm the viper alarm system is not the reason (its not an immbolizer)...caa guy doesn't know what he is talking about...the battery sounds like its dead, 1.93V???

 

new battery?

 

i know the answer, get a new battery

 

i remember my car would get some lights, then as soon as i try to crank it the whole car shuts off like the battery is dead...after some juggling in the engine bay and the car would start again.

I took the car to Ed's and he figured out that the terminal was loose, so it couldn't start.

Yes I is stupids.

 

The batteries in my cars die all the time while being stored.

I have a Optima red top in my cavalier. When I stored it over the winter and didnt start it for over a month the battery would be dead. This was with a 1 year old battery.

During the 1st winter I think it was the battery back up siren that was depleting the optima over time.

During the 2nd winter I disconnected the battery back up siren but it still died.

During the 3rd winter I disconnected the battery for the winter and it started fine in the spring.

Now it’s my winter car so it never dies because I am driving it all the time. It never died anywhere else but in my garage over winter. I have left it over a month during the summer and it was fine.


I have a Optima yellow top in my 350Z. When I stored it over the winter and didnt start it for over a month the battery would be dead. This was with the stock 4 year old battery.

During the 1st winter I think it was the battery back up siren that was depleting the battery over time. I figured the stock battery was toast and I replaced it with a new Optima yellow top.

During the 2nd winter I disconnected the battery back up siren but after 6 weeks even with the new battery I was dead again. So I disconnected the battery for the winter and it started fine in the spring.

During the 3rd winter (this winter) I bought a 2a smart trickle charger but forgot to install it and after a month the battery was dead again. I charged it, let the car run for awhile and turned it back off. Now the trickle charger is maintaining the battery.

So for the past 6 winters I have had a problem with my cars batteries dying over the winter months in storage. I have never had a dead battery any other time with them. I am thinking that it is because the both have 2 way pager alarms and the alarm system is draining power in ready mode looking for signal from the remote or something. Whos knows.