# Car is slow to crank over when starting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** starting, start, repair\
**Created:** [December 18, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415 "2014-12-18T10:33:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/21 "2014-12-20T05:19:52Z")

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Can you hook up a charger to the car while it’s parked?

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**Author:** ![SPEx8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SPEx8](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SPEx8)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/22 "2014-12-20T08:40:53Z")

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@GeorgeSanJose‌ No, it still persists. I’m gonna take it to have it thoroughly tested (battery, starter, alternator) tomorrow after work. Hopefully get an idea or answers to why it’s doing it.

@shanonia‌ I could, but the alternator is doing its job.

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**Author:** ![SPEx8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SPEx8](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SPEx8)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/23 "2014-12-23T03:12:34Z")

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Seriously?! Problem fixed. I went to get the starter, alternator, battery tested at a battery shop. Turns out when he went to test the alternator, it wasn’t getting a good connection to the fuse box in the engine because a bolt to hold the connector wasn’t tight. Glad that’s over with. Thanks guys for the posts and the help. I appreciate all of it

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/24 "2014-12-23T03:19:49Z")

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Here is a high output alternator for your stereo. [http://powerbastards.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Fitzall-220](http://powerbastards.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Fitzall-220)

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/25 "2014-12-23T04:45:13Z")

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Thanks, SPEx8, for sharing the happy outcome. Often the problem is something simple, but only obvious after a careful methodical look-see!

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**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-is-slow-to-crank-over-when-starting/88415/26 "2014-12-23T06:10:07Z")

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thanks for the update, glad it was simple to fix!

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