start up issue

**forevraudi** · 10-21-2008 03:15 PM

After my stock car battery taking a crap on me Monday morning (car battery being 4 years old), and replacing it with a new battery of the correct type later that night, my car has a hard time turning over since. The first time i started her up right after the battery was replaced, it was slow and weak to turn over, but started up after 2 chugs. I drove it around and turned the car off and started it up again, it being faster and more of a normal start up.
This morning, though, when i started it up it was slow and weak, again, and after being driven and then restarted it was faster to turn over.

What's going on? Shouldn't a car start up quickly upon getting a new battery?? Is my starter broken?

Also, another problem that has stemmed from this is that the buttons on my key don't work anymore (the wireless lock, unlock, panic, and trunk open). Any advice?

**chadb2434** · 10-21-2008 03:26 PM

ut oh...hopfully this isnt turning into an alternator problem...

**forevraudi** · 10-21-2008 09:29 PM

scratch my fob key not working, fixed it with holding the unlock button and turning the ignition on

**forevraudi** · 10-23-2008 07:31 PM

Well, my car didn't start this morning either; it seems there is a drain in the system somewhere unbeknown to me. I decided to take the car in, and the mechanic i talked to said that since i did the HID conversion it may be that the stock alternator can't keep up with the heavy drain that the headlights take now, causing the battery to drain dead (Fix: buy a new, more powerful alternator....$$$$). The only problem with that diagnosis: with the brand new battery i haven't run the headlights at all, so why does it act like the old dead battery did?

My question: Has anyone who has installed HID conversion kits in their car had problems with their alternator and/or those lights draining the battery out over any time interval?

**Boosted3.0** · 10-23-2008 10:56 PM

I can't say but it wouldn't be the HID conversion since when the cars off the lights don't use any power. Id take it to a mechanic because it sounds like your getting a drain from something which is hard to diagnose.