Hi guys. Got a problem I wasn't expecting.
re: 2010 GT manual, 15k miles
So for starters I'll note that the car must have a slow battery drain. It's been an issue for a while. Around this time of year I need to keep replacing the battery as it eventually gets totally drained and jumping doesn't help. (once replaced she starts up no problems)
So last Sunday I replaced the battery. All was good, or so I thought. Thursday the weather was nice and I decided to give her the final good hand wash of the year. When I moved her into place for the wash, all was good. I went to start her up, all was good to move back into place. I moved her out into the street where she sat for 5-10mins as I was planning to go to the store. I go out to start her up and she wouldn't turn over. The lights on the dash all looked normal, radio was on, the fans blew fine. Battery indicator looked normal too. I thought MAYBE something got wet (I didn't wash the engine at all) so I have let her sit in hopes she'd bounce back. Now it's Monday and she still won't turn over. I have noticed that the brake pedal won't go down and first gear is very easy to slip into. The steering wheel has little to no give, it was very hard to push her into a safe place. I opened the hood and while my husband tried to start it I did hear a click noise with each try. Battery hook up is tight. (Can't hear the click noise once in the car, door closed).
Any idea what happened? Husband thought maybe I should disconnect the battery then reconnect. I don't know the point in that. Husband doesn't know anything about cars. I thought maybe it was the starter, but I never had a bad starter so I have no idea.
I really don't want to have to pay $100 for a tow to the dealer, but I may have to.
TIA.
re: 2010 GT manual, 15k miles
So for starters I'll note that the car must have a slow battery drain. It's been an issue for a while. Around this time of year I need to keep replacing the battery as it eventually gets totally drained and jumping doesn't help. (once replaced she starts up no problems)
So last Sunday I replaced the battery. All was good, or so I thought. Thursday the weather was nice and I decided to give her the final good hand wash of the year. When I moved her into place for the wash, all was good. I went to start her up, all was good to move back into place. I moved her out into the street where she sat for 5-10mins as I was planning to go to the store. I go out to start her up and she wouldn't turn over. The lights on the dash all looked normal, radio was on, the fans blew fine. Battery indicator looked normal too. I thought MAYBE something got wet (I didn't wash the engine at all) so I have let her sit in hopes she'd bounce back. Now it's Monday and she still won't turn over. I have noticed that the brake pedal won't go down and first gear is very easy to slip into. The steering wheel has little to no give, it was very hard to push her into a safe place. I opened the hood and while my husband tried to start it I did hear a click noise with each try. Battery hook up is tight. (Can't hear the click noise once in the car, door closed).
Any idea what happened? Husband thought maybe I should disconnect the battery then reconnect. I don't know the point in that. Husband doesn't know anything about cars. I thought maybe it was the starter, but I never had a bad starter so I have no idea.
I really don't want to have to pay $100 for a tow to the dealer, but I may have to.
TIA.