I have never had a battery failure this complete and sudden before.
The Lovely Harvey and The Boy are at Special Olympics this weekend.
The four hour drive went uneventfully, they checked into the hotel, and when they went to go to the welcome dinner...
No nothin' on the Civic.
Not even enough juice to light the idiot lights.
One of the other parents had a booster/starter pack and as long as that was plugged in, she had power. Without it, dead.
When she jump started the car, it started up and stayed running even when disconnected.
Let it run for a bit, shut off, turn the key back on... dead.
Thanks to my constant nagging, Harvey has tools in the trunk and could remove the battery. That also means she has tools to install a battery! Quick trip to Wal Mart and a new battery is installed and the car is apparently all better!
HUZZAH!
Of note, the old battery was an 8 year old Optima yellow-top. The suddenness of the failure is still stunning to me.
The Lovely Harvey and The Boy are at Special Olympics this weekend.
The four hour drive went uneventfully, they checked into the hotel, and when they went to go to the welcome dinner...
No nothin' on the Civic.
Not even enough juice to light the idiot lights.
One of the other parents had a booster/starter pack and as long as that was plugged in, she had power. Without it, dead.
When she jump started the car, it started up and stayed running even when disconnected.
Let it run for a bit, shut off, turn the key back on... dead.
Thanks to my constant nagging, Harvey has tools in the trunk and could remove the battery. That also means she has tools to install a battery! Quick trip to Wal Mart and a new battery is installed and the car is apparently all better!
HUZZAH!
Of note, the old battery was an 8 year old Optima yellow-top. The suddenness of the failure is still stunning to me.