Help Me, Car wont start!!!

[Bleaaargh]

yeah, pretty annoyed, had the car for like 4 days and it wont turn over. it was totally fine, and tonight it rained, and i went and dropped off some stuff to someones house, and i get back in the car, AND IT WONT TURN OVER. I get a veeerrrry slight cough at the start and then a quick clicking sound.

i thought hmm, batterys dead, thats odd. got a charger pack, tested it and it said it was fully charged. all the electrics in the car are fine the b****** just wont turn over.

Im still covered with the standard warranty, hopefully i didnt get shat on by holden here, i really dont want that ive had the car for 4 days, had one decent cruise around town in it, and now i feel like crying. well after walking 20 mins in the rain, (thanks to my phone not getting signal) and being owned by tow truck prices at night. i dont feel like crying as much as busting knee caps right now.

can you guys help here, its a V6 VU S2 ute. no mods at all.

[minux]

To me it sounds like a dead battery, or a bad connection to the battery

[Bleaaargh]

i dont get it tho, i never budged the battery, or even gone over a bump at a dodgy speed.

I just drove it there, and got back in the car not even 2 mins after and it wouldnt start!

[minux]

Batteries can do that quickly, connections can move etc

[clixanup]

In these cars, it is common for the battery earth wire connections to fray to the point where they eventually break. Sounds like yours is on its last legs. I don't know why they use such a weak wire in the first place.

[Bleaaargh]

*sigh* woke up this morning, car started first time....cheeky. still took it to holden and they replaced battery and had someone check over it, while i sat on the couch and watched some movie. they forgot to enter in the radio code tho, but i came back and it took all of 2 seconds for that to happen. anyway, its all good now, except now its just that something extra on my mind every time i turn the key.

[waza327]

Super hot days or super cold nights will ruin an old battery. I had to replace mine on Monday after it was 42 degs in melb on Sunday. Battery was 4 years old so it was due. Worked fine on the hot day. It was holding 12 volts but when i went to start the car it dropped to 1 volt. New battery time.

At least now you know how old your battery, is and have a warranty for 2 years.