tblax1624

I just got my car back from the shop after about a month and a half because it was involved in an accident, and the second day I got it back when i got out of work it was hard to start at first. The car sat for about 5 1/2 hours then. So I drove it home and once I was home and let it sit for about 10 mins it did it again. So I went to autozone and they checked my battery and alternator and they said it was fine. So this morning I went out to start it and it was worse than before and I needed a jump to get it going. I dont know what the problem is, the body shop replaced the headlights and bumper and a couple plastic pieces thats it. the car always started fine before I took it to the shop. I just dropped it back off over there and they swear up and down they did nothing wrong but they will take a look at it. I dont know if anyone else has had this problem?

go-part

Seeing how you needed a jump to get started the problem points to your electrical system.

Did anyone tell you how may cold cranking amps your battery had when it was tested?

582A is the minimum amount needed as stated in the manual.

tblax1624

it ended up actually being a dead cell in the battery, but I think the shop did something to my electrical system because my window doesn't go all the way up when u shut the door sometimes now but the window goes up and down just fine, and my radio is acting very funky and when I push the screen it lights up but doesn't react