What to do if your car battery voltage is low?
If you have seen in the scanner tool that the voltage is low, you need to check if it is the whole car that is receiving this low voltage or just the engine control module. Let your car idle and don’t connect the car battery charger. Check the voltage on the battery between the positive and negative terminals while the vehicle is running.
What happens when the voltage is too low to start the engine?
When it senses the level falling below what is needed to start the engine the patented microprocessor activates its single moving part (a solenoid) and isolates the battery from the electrical circuit to preserve the charge you will need to start the engine.”
Can a battery have voltage but not crank starter?
Hope that helps. It has a bad cell.It will read good voltage until put under load then it will drop or it can have good voltage but no cranking amps. Cranks, Just because a battery has good voltage does not mean that it can deliver current (which is what you really need to turn over a starter motor).
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If you have seen in the scanner tool that the voltage is low, you need to check if it is the whole car that is receiving this low voltage or just the engine control module. Let your car idle and don’t connect the car battery charger. Check the voltage on the battery between the positive and negative terminals while the vehicle is running.
What causes a car battery to not start?
Most auto parts stores will test a battery for free to see if it has enough voltage and cold-cranking amps to start the engine. If the battery passes the test, then it isn’t being sufficiently recharged. That could be caused by corrosion on the battery terminals, or a loose or faulty cable.
Hope that helps. It has a bad cell.It will read good voltage until put under load then it will drop or it can have good voltage but no cranking amps. Cranks, Just because a battery has good voltage does not mean that it can deliver current (which is what you really need to turn over a starter motor).
What is the voltage as you trigger the starter?
12.4v is a bit low for a good battery though – should really be 12.7v, so might be that one of the cells is on the way out which of course won’t help. What is the voltage as you trigger the starter? My battery was doing the same when I had a dodgy cell. Sure its not the starter or the wiring rather than the battery?