Car won't start. Haven't driven it in over a month.

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-01-2012 01:10PM #1

Has anyone any ideas how to get it to start?

gustafo · 15-01-2012 01:15PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Has anyone any ideas how to get it to start?

jump start or push it down a hill

Chris_Heilong · 15-01-2012 01:31PM

yeah your battery is dead, you need to drive your car to charge the battery otherwise you get this problem.

15-01-2012 01:33PM

If its a fairly light car with petrol engine you can try a push start with the help of one other person. thats if you dont have immediate hill access!!

Atlantic Dawn · 15-01-2012 01:37PM

Is the battery dead, is the car turning over and trying to start, is there petrol in it, what is the make and model?

Scanlas The 2nd · 15-01-2012 02:15PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Is the battery dead, is the car turning over and trying to start, is there petrol in it, what is the make and model?

VW Polo 2006. Lights and radio come on but it's not even close to starting. The engine does nothing.

Atlantic Dawn · 15-01-2012 02:17PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

VW Polo 2006. Lights and radio come on but it's not even close to starting. The engine does nothing.

I'd say battery needs to be charged, your options are either to charge the battery with a charger, get a jump start from another car or else to push start the car and once started it should then recharge.

Next possibility is starter motor but more likely battery as it's being layed up for a month.

af_thefragile · 15-01-2012 05:19PM

My car does this. Leave it sitting for a week and the battery goes completely flat. Need to jump start it, drive it around a little and then its fine again.
Got sick of asking to borrow people's car to jump start mine and got myself a battery starter thing from halfords. Really easy to use and works great.

So yeah, that's probably what you need. If you can find some big guys to push it, you can try push starting it. If you have jump leads and can borrow someone's car, try jump starting it and if you have neither, head over to halfords and get a jumper starter thing.

Once started, drive it around for 30-60mins and the battery will be good as new.

Henry Ford III · 15-01-2012 05:48PM

A push start is not recommended for a car fitted with a cat.

Media999 · 15-01-2012 05:50PM

Most common reason for this is radio draining power even when it looks like its off.

Red and yellow cables at back of radio need to be swapped so it killls radio from ignition.

Car won't start. Haven't driven it in over a month.

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