[RESOLVED] Help car doesn't start!

[DJ_Obscene]

Okay so I drove home from work and everything was fine. I park the car, shut it off and go inside my house. About two hours later I go to start the car and all i get is a "click" then everything goes dead ( Dash lights, interior lights...everything). So i turn the key again and I only get about half a "click".WTF


I checked all the fuses, they were all good. I check the battery with a volt meter and it reads 12.6 V. I cleaned the battery cables and the battery posts. Also none of the lights turn on (headlights, gauges, interior lights) PLEASE HELP!

 

[AlaskanDsm]

Are you sure that the car battery isn't dead?? That sure sounds like a dead battery. Mine just died tonight and when you try to turn the car over it just clicks. Maybe use a battery charger just to see how much charge there is in the battery.

 

[el guapo]

mine was doing that the other day turns out the cables to the battery werent as tight as i thought they were

 

[90FWDLaser]

Are you sure you didnt pop an alternator fuse? Sounds almost like a bad connection if your battery is in fact testing good, have you checked the alternator itself?

 

[4glaser63t]

Mine when i got the battery would charge but the alternator was out, so in turn my battery so how got fried.

 

[DJ_Obscene]

How do i go about testing the alternator? Where is the alternator fuse? I didn't see any thing labled as the alternator fuse when i was checking the fuses.



edit: I just had the battery checked at kragen and they said it was good.

 

[DJ_Obscene]

Turns out the wire terminals were no good...changed both of them and the car started right up.