# Car won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [April 5, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599 "2008-04-05T22:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tjmaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@tjmaak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tjmaak)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/1 "2008-04-05T22:58:29Z")
My car won’t start but i can’t figure out why. The batteries fine because the radio works. I lost the regular key and i am using the spare. I try to turn it over, but nothing happens, no clicking or anything. Why? ---
**Author:** ![mmsamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mmsamma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mmsamma)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/2 "2008-04-05T23:00:34Z")
year make model eng,if you know that transmission. thanks ---
**Author:** ![tjmaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@tjmaak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tjmaak)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/3 "2008-04-05T23:02:57Z")
not sure year late 90’s in my guess nissan maxima i think its a 3L 5 auto ---
**Author:** ![tjmaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@tjmaak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tjmaak)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/4 "2008-04-05T23:17:15Z")
its really my friends car he just left it in my driveway over night and dosb’t know anything about cars, i don’t know if that helps you out at all ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/5 "2008-04-05T23:28:04Z")
He should find someone with a set of jumper cables to get a jump start. Something may have been left on which drained the battery. Even a weak battery will run the radio; but, it won’t start the car. ---
**Author:** ![tjmaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@tjmaak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tjmaak)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wont-start/12599/6 "2008-04-05T23:36:32Z")
O.K. I wondered about that. Thanks I’ll try.