Car 2007 Yaris; battery is a AAA Nov 2015 battery (i did not own car when this was installed)
Car sat 4 days; when I got into it sunday night, dash lights illuminated normal, but starter would not engage the fly wheel; it simply spun. Tried wrapping the starter and still nothing. A few hours later tried again and the car cranked super slowly and coughed to life, taking about 10 seconds to catch and then start running normally (think engine in the classic movie flight of the phoenix) This is the seconds time it has done this, more noticeably this last time
After about 30 seconds of idling shut off the engine and the engine restarted normally with full speed crank. Today did a few errands and car started and restarted normally. I might let it sit a few days to see if the issue correlates with days of non use; Not sure how the battey 'comes back to life" after initially not being able to engage the pinion gear
Any thoughts.
-Thomas
Car sat 4 days; when I got into it sunday night, dash lights illuminated normal, but starter would not engage the fly wheel; it simply spun. Tried wrapping the starter and still nothing. A few hours later tried again and the car cranked super slowly and coughed to life, taking about 10 seconds to catch and then start running normally (think engine in the classic movie flight of the phoenix) This is the seconds time it has done this, more noticeably this last time
After about 30 seconds of idling shut off the engine and the engine restarted normally with full speed crank. Today did a few errands and car started and restarted normally. I might let it sit a few days to see if the issue correlates with days of non use; Not sure how the battey 'comes back to life" after initially not being able to engage the pinion gear
Any thoughts.
-Thomas
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