# 2001 Mitzubishi Spyder Eclipse ONLY STARTS WHEN JUMPED!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mitzubishi-spyder-eclipse-only-starts-when-jumped/20484>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mitzubishi-spyder-eclipse-only-starts-when-jumped/20484 "2008-10-07T22:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![markverne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@markverne](https://community.cartalk.com/u/markverne)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mitzubishi-spyder-eclipse-only-starts-when-jumped/20484/1 "2008-10-07T22:00:26Z")

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Two friends have said two seperate possible reasons why…1) the alternator may be dead–need a new one, and 2) the computer system has a glitch in it. When jumped, the car starts (barely), and after running for a while (an hour at least), it still does not maintain enough power to start again thereafter. New battery or new alternator? Know of a way to check these things out myself?