I couldn’t jump start my 2008 PT Cruiser, but I put it on a trickle charger and it worked

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I did, sorry I didn’t make that clear. Wondering why I could not jump start car, but it would accept a trickle charge. Pretty sure I have jumped it in the past. [B2BA3CCE763242DBB0D2EF011FA9704E.png]

You haven’t explained how you tried to jump start the car, why you were trying to jump start it, how far down the battery was - no crank, just lights, slow crank no start, no crank dim lights. How old the battery is. All useful to answering your question. With so little info, all I can say is “I dun…

Ok, with no jumper cables, I’d get that dead battery clicking sound and then all dash lights would go out. Turn key off and do it all over again and same thing. I put multi meter on and got 11.5 volts. Battery is a year old cheapy from Walmart. 1 year warranty just expired. Then put jumpers on from…

[image] RickRockett: The thing that has me confused is why I’m not able to Jump start from car. I Actually many people don’t recommend jumping from one vehicle to another anymore . There are just too many instances of electrical damage to both vehicles ( very expensive ). That is why the rech…

Notice it took 3 posts for you to explain what is actually going on so you could get a good answer. I’d say the jumpers themselves are bad or you were just not getting good contact. Plus, if the battery was really drained, you would need to leave the jumpers on a while to bring the battery back. If…

Thanks, I do have an aftermarket stereo. I will check out youtube. [B2BA3CCE763242DBB0D2EF011FA9704E.png]

Agree with @Mustangman , many cheap jumper cables do not have the current carrying capacity to start a car with a completely dead battery. You would have to leave the cables on for a while to charge the dead battery. Essentially a trickle charge. I have not jumped from my cars batteries in a long …

[image] Mustangman: Plus, if the battery was really drained, you would need to leave the jumpers on a while to bring the battery back. Yup, I see that at work all the time Sometimes, we’ll just leave the cables attached between the running truck and the dead battery in the other truck for 15…

So, I bought one of those Stanly jump start units, like AAA bring to start your car, obviously not as good. It was fully charged and wouldn’t start it. 1000 peak amps and 500 amps starting power. That’s what got me thinking the terminals were bad [B2BA3CCE763242DBB0D2EF011FA9704E.png]

2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser - Starting issues

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VDCdriver December 9, 2019, 2:31pm 18

+1
I think that this is the most likely explanation for the OP’s problem.

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