My mom's car is having a problem.. Few days ago i replaced a steering boot on my mom's car, camry.
WHile i was working on it, I listened to the radio on camry about 30mins, the battery was on. And when i tried to turn on the engine after i'm done, it won't work. After a few more mins, i try again and it barely turns on..I thought this might be just drained battery so i thought leaving the car on for awhile will restore the engine. But everytime i try to turn on the engine, it makes this sound when the car is out of battery. But still turns on after a few secs. My mom's saying that the A/C doesn't work and the radio stations don't tune clearly like b4. I believe there isn't a crack in the battery.
Help me out..what's wrong with the car? (i know it's a camry..)
Should i try to use the jump start cable and jump start the car?

 

Are you sure the battery just didn't happen to die at the same time? Maybe you squeezed out the last bit of it's juice while having the stereo on.

 

Swap the battery with a known working one, see if the problem stops. Simple.. Report back here if it works or not

Also sounds like the battery connection is bad, Check, Clean, and retighten the terminals.

 

Sounds like battery issues, check the voltage levels.

 

the batter is about 2~3 yrs old.. isn't it suppose to last longer?
Can i swap the batter with any batteries from different cars??

 

different cars take different sized batteries and have different size terminals and connections. You can use another battery to test, but it may not be a permanant solution.

 

its your battery , I had the same problem with my z , I would use my stereo on lunch at work and my battery would loose power. Then one day it finally gave up on me after I used it for a whole 45 minutes with my stereo on. Replace the battery , the noise you hear is from your alternator trying to gain power from your battery. Even if you jump start it it'll work , but u would need a new battery soon, or if you use the stereo turn the car on in between time , so every 15 mins or so.

 

what happens if i jump start a car that has a GOOD battery? not a dead one.

 

nothing will happen , certain batterys will go out after 2 years , jump start it , let it charge. Turn it off wait till 2morrow if it turns on you will need to replace the battery soon. Eventually its gonna get to the point where it won't turn on even if you try to jump start it.