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I have a 1997 dodge stratus. i brought a new battery about 3 years ago. I live in NYC (Bronx) where the chill is on right now. We have been having 3 degree weather at night. last night it was around 3 degrees but with the windchill factor, it felt like -5. My car ususally starts up, not easy but it starts. This morning, It was dead, dead dead. (It was the coldest night). It is silent. No clicking or anything. the headlights are dim, the light in the car comes on, but I hear no sound. The windshield wipers will not even come on. I brought some jumper cable wires and my cousin tried to give me a boost, but nothing. not even a click. I have a portable battery charger that I'm fully charging to see if that will work. Is their hope? any suggestions. How long will I have to charge my battery? Please let me know. Im stressed out. And I'm a female. So alot of people will try to get over on me just to get paid. The worst thing is that my battery is not on top but underneath my car. HELP!!
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If using jumper cables makes no difference on how the car reacts when trying to start it I would think there is a poor connection with the cables. Start with the jumper cables - make sure they are making good contact on both vehicles. Make sure the car you are using to jump start yours is running and try again.
If this does not work the battery charger should at least get it to the point where the engine will turn over after an hour or so. This is of course providing your charger is making good contact also.
If neither of these work it might be time for a mechanic to check out the battery strength and the connections.
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charge your battery to the lowest ampere selection mode up to 2 or 3 hours and recheck!Don't let people get over on you. You can Have so many simple problems and they turn them into major ones. Let the battery charge up some. It has been cold lately.
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If you can remove the battery (or ask a good friend to) most auto parts stores (I know AutoZone does) will test the battery for you and tell you if it's bad. If the battery is not bad they may even recharge it for you for a small fee. If the battery is dead I'm afraid the only solution is to buy a new one. The good news is that this is fairly easy to do.Battery and Alt. Belt problems... Please Help?
Put it on the charger and turn on something like the four-way flashers to get current running. This will warm the battery. It'll take a couple three hours to charge though. If it still don't start you're going to have to go get another battery due to a dead cell. Good luck hon'.More Questions & Answers ...
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