AlyssaM
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- May 2, 2012
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State College,
Pennsylvania
I need some help and couldn't find an answer regarding this specific issue.
98 Eclipse GS. Around 160,000 miles, no mods.
When it rains (even drizzle) the car won't start and is completely dead. No lights, nothing. It will start and run fine if you jump it, but if you turn it off and try to start it again it won't do anything. No lights, just 100% dead. It will start after a few days when it's dry and acts like nothing happened. The garage said there's nothing wrong with it because it started every time for them.
It did this before and after changing the battery. What could be getting wet and causing it to do this? It's parked and not moving, so water isn't splashing up from puddles, etc.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm not really sure what to do and don't feel like spending a ton for them to tell me there's nothing wrong. It was the local Mitsu dealer so they either suck or don't want to be bothered with old cars.
I'm sorry if this is an easy fix but I don't know what to do next.
Spark plugs were changed, new wires, new seals and valve cover gasket. I saw a lot of posts for cars not starting when wet but all of those have some power. This car has zero. It's completely dead until it's dry. It rained the past few days so I'm hoping it will get dry enough today.
This has been going on for a year and I haven't been driving it as a result. All of the fixes I mentioned were done in the last month. Thanks for any insight. I'm obviously not a mechanic or handy with cars but when one says there's nothing wrong I really don't know what to try next.
98 Eclipse GS. Around 160,000 miles, no mods.
When it rains (even drizzle) the car won't start and is completely dead. No lights, nothing. It will start and run fine if you jump it, but if you turn it off and try to start it again it won't do anything. No lights, just 100% dead. It will start after a few days when it's dry and acts like nothing happened. The garage said there's nothing wrong with it because it started every time for them.
It did this before and after changing the battery. What could be getting wet and causing it to do this? It's parked and not moving, so water isn't splashing up from puddles, etc.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm not really sure what to do and don't feel like spending a ton for them to tell me there's nothing wrong. It was the local Mitsu dealer so they either suck or don't want to be bothered with old cars.
I'm sorry if this is an easy fix but I don't know what to do next.
Spark plugs were changed, new wires, new seals and valve cover gasket. I saw a lot of posts for cars not starting when wet but all of those have some power. This car has zero. It's completely dead until it's dry. It rained the past few days so I'm hoping it will get dry enough today.
This has been going on for a year and I haven't been driving it as a result. All of the fixes I mentioned were done in the last month. Thanks for any insight. I'm obviously not a mechanic or handy with cars but when one says there's nothing wrong I really don't know what to try next.
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