No Crank No Start Help

pokemonyouandme123_193319
Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:54:51 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

2005 Camry. Not driven much, around the block twice once a week.

The car will not start. When I attempt to start it, I hear a bunch of clicks. Last couple of starts, cranking seemed sluggish.

I measured the voltage at the battery terminal and got 11.79 volts, with the car at rest, and not attempting to start it. The battery is from January 2019. It is an AutoCraft Gold, Part Number 24F-6. It has a rated capacity of 750 CCA. I used a performance tool battery tester.

It’s not to intuitive on how to use it. But upon connecting it to the battery I get “BATTERY TEST” and select the enter button. It prompts me “BATTERY TYPE” with options of “STD” or “AGM”, I seleted STD as I believe that is correct for this type of battery. I get prompted with “RATING STANDARD” and shown “SAE”, pressing the left and right arrow buttons doesn’t seem to do anything, so I think it’s the only option. After pressing enter on SAE, Im shown “BATTERY CAPACITY ### SAE”. I used the right arrow until “750 SAE” is displayed and press enter. After the test is completed I get “BAD REPLACE”. So I think I need a new battery for this car?

I also disconnected the connector going to the starting motor. I measured zero volts when someone sits in the car and turns the key. One probe on the connector and one on the positive terminal. Looking at the terminal, 12 V is sent to connector when the key is turned, this creates a voltage difference across the coil closing the switch to energize the starter motor. So I think this is working correctly, at least power is going to the connector to the starter when turning the switch, starter relay is good, ignition switch is good, fuse is good.

I suppose I could try jumps starting it, but if the battery tester worked as supposed to, and I used it correclty I think I just need a new battery? Thanks for any help!

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