# Car will not start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 19, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910 "2008-07-19T14:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Myrtle73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Myrtle73](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Myrtle73)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910/1 "2008-07-19T14:46:21Z")

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The car had not been driven for a week. I went to drive it yesterday and it would not start. I noticed that the lights button had been on all this time.  
  
 I had a friend give me a boost and the car started right up. I drove to the one store and when I got back into the car to leave the car would not start.  
  
 Had to call to get another boost.  
  
 Do I need a new battery or something.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910/2 "2008-07-19T14:52:50Z")

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You need to put the battery on a charger and let it charge the battery for at least 5 hours. The battery then should be checked to see what the condition of it is. You may need to replace it, but then it may be ok for awhile.

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**Author:** ![Myrtle73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Myrtle73](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Myrtle73)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910/3 "2008-07-19T15:08:07Z")

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Thanks, where do I get a charger

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910/4 "2008-07-19T22:30:49Z")

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Any discount auto parts store or plain discount store will have chargers. If the battery was old and dead for a weak, you might have killed the battery. If you don’t know much about cars and electricity, I suggest you take the car somewhere to have the battery charged and tested.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-will-not-start/16910/5 "2008-07-19T23:34:45Z")

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The terminals usually need cleaning after one of these events. Wear eye protection (at least) when you work on your battery.