Car Wont Start?!?!?!? Options

[Meakame]

Video of Problem
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This happen before about a week ago, got a jump, car started right up.
I took the battery to Autozone to get it charged, the guy said that it was 100% fully charged.
My mouth just dropped, that did not make any sense to me.
This time I was cleaning my car, vacuuming it, listening to music.
The radio went out, I took the keys out of my car. Jumped it and runs fine.

Has this happened to anyone before? Oh BTW i did not leave the keys in the ON position, left in the ACC.
Does anyone know the problem?
What should I do?

This post has been edited by Meakame: Oct 22 2009, 05:44 PM

[Evan]

that screams....WARRANTY FIX! lol, take it to the dealership and tell them to check your starter, and to replace the battery. It seems that the starter isn't able to completely finish the task of starting it, but then again, getting a jump wouldn't fix this problem...sounds like not enough juice to turn it over. make sure the battery has enough cold cranking amps to successfully start the car...

But what do I know...I clean fish tanks for a living... *shrug*

[Meakame]

But what do I know...I clean fish tanks for a living... *shrug*

Poor Evan.
When i took it to autozone they guy said that it had everything at the right numbers and what not, and im going to the dealership on saturday morning before the meet

[hoosieraccent]

Did they do a load test on that battery or just check the voltage?  I had a dead cell in my original battery, it would die just like you described after a few minutes with the radio or whatever on.  The starter would only click.  Similar to what yours sounded like.

The battery was OK according to Hyundai's official tester so getting it replaced warranty was very difficult. Just be forewarned, if yours was like mine and their tester says it's OK (and c'mon, we both know the battery is not) they'll probably charge you more for "diagnosis" than it would take to replace the fricken battery.  I eventually got them to do the right thing and warranty it and refund the diag fee though. Just be prepared for a fight if the dealer is sleazy.  Or maybe you'll luck out and they'll replace it no questions asked.

The stock batteries are pretty crappy...  Do yourself a favor and get rid of it one way or another. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)

[Meakame]

Did they do a load test on that battery or just check the voltage?  I had a dead cell in my original battery, it would die just like you described after a few minutes with the radio or whatever on.  The starter would only click.  Similar to what yours sounded like.

The battery was OK according to Hyundai's official tester so getting it replaced warranty was very difficult. Just be forewarned, if yours was like mine and their tester says it's OK (and c'mon, we both know the battery is not) they'll probably charge you more for "diagnosis" than it would take to replace the fricken battery.  I eventually got them to do the right thing and warranty it and refund the diag fee though. Just be prepared for a fight if the dealer is sleazy.  Or maybe you'll luck out and they'll replace it no questions asked.

The stock batteries are pretty crappy...  Do yourself a favor and get rid of it one way or another. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)

Thank you so much