help i dont know what to do

[supraken]

ok, so last night i decide to take my supra with a newly rebuilt engine(7mge:icon_frow) for a trip 12 miles to my friends house it drives fine i get there and sat for about 15-20 minutes and we decide to go play basket ball so we get in my car and i stuck in the key and turned but no interior lights or anything come on so i take out the key put it back in and it started, i drive about a mile, and park it for about an hour and when i tried to start it, nothing happens no lights on at all. so i try to jump it and the starter runs for a second and then the solenoid clicks and no start. so i have my friend push it to a parking space about 100 ft away. i get out of the car and lock my doors and the alarm goes off, i run back unlock the car jump in and i started it, but it barely started and it wouldent idle, so i ran it with my foot for about a minute and shut it off, and now no lights come on, and it wont start. WTF?

 

[ForcedTorque]

Take it to auto zone and have them test the battery and alternator.

 

[buckshotglass]

Clean your battery terminals. Check your grounds.

 

[Jaguar_5]

what they said plus check the ECM for codes

 

[supraken]

it was the alternator

 

[tsparks01]

ok, so last night i decide to take my supra with a newly rebuilt engine(7mge:icon_frow) for a trip 12 miles to my friends house it drives fine i get there and sat for about 15-20 minutes and we decide to go play basket ball so we get in my car and i stuck in the key and turned but no interior lights or anything come on so i take out the key put it back in and it started, i drive about a mile, and park it for about an hour and when i tried to start it, nothing happens no lights on at all. so i try to jump it and the starter runs for a second and then the solenoid clicks and no start. so i have my friend push it to a parking space about 100 ft away. i get out of the car and lock my doors and the alarm goes off, i run back unlock the car jump in and i started it, but it barely started and it wouldent idle, so i ran it with my foot for about a minute and shut it off, and now no lights come on, and it wont start. WTF?

clean your battery links and chk your grounds, make sure it has the factory ground and that the ground is clean and there is no rust build up one the cable and ground

 

[suprarx7nut]

it was the alternator

Thanks for updating the thread so there aren't 10 more posts of "check your xxxxxx".

 

[92nsx]

it was the alternator

:kickinthenuts:

 

[CRE]

Thanks for updating the thread so there aren't 10 more posts of "check your xxxxxx".

Also helps prevent people from finding nothing but posts without answers when searching... or following up with you after 3 years. lol

 

[92nsx]

Also helps prevent people from finding nothing but posts without answers when searching... or following up with you after 3 years. lol

But lets say in one month( or later) someone is having the same problem and they try and search it out. There NOT going to find this thread because of the bad title "help i dont know what to do ". People search syntoms not "HELP, I dont know what to do". I wonder what would happen if one did search "i dont know what to do" what would show up, LOL

If this poped up in my search I would skip right over it because of the title

 

[CRE]

I fail to see how not posting the result helps in any shape or form. If I search "code 52" (and yes, I realize the 52 won't work with the built in search, but it would work with Google) this thread will show up. It may be the last one I'll check, but at least it will be complete.

Argue against it or point out the other problems all you like, there's still benefit to closing the thread properly.

But, yes, it would be nice if the OP would fix the title.

 

[92nsx]

^^^ yes I agree 100% on closing a thread properly like he did. But a better title would be nice. Thats all.

 

[CRE]

I gotcha... I was just tired and irritable this morning... nitpicking. Sorry.