Won't Start...Been sitting awhile

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by pompous

After 3 wks?? I thought I read somewhere about if the car sits for a while it will shut down or something like that.

My battery went dead after less than 2 weeks of being in the garage.

Also, when I tried jumping it, I quickly found out that I had to leave it connected much longer than I ever did with any of my other cars for it to turn over. On top of that, a 45 min drive after it started did NOT put enough power back into it to start the next time I turned it on.

I thought that there was no way that my battery was fine, but after taking the advice of several people on this forum, I purchased a battery maintainer/ charger from my local autozone, charged the car over night (it turned itself off when through). Then in the morning, it cranked right up and I have had no problems ever since.

I hope your fix is as easy and inexpensive as mine was. Good luck.

[pompous]

Well, I pulled the battery out and charged it over night. Put it back in this morning and it started right up. So, I'm gonna stop by an auto parts store and pick up one of those maintainers. How much do they typically cost? How do they work anyway? I had the same problem when I went to start my motorcycle. So, I probably need one for it to. yeeesh...lol

[NickCats]

I have the Harley sitting on the Battery Tender Plus and the Boxster on the Porsche Battery Maintainer in the winter and I am very pleased with both :

http://www.epiqautosport.com/pro_battery_maintainer.php

Nick

Originally Posted by pompous

Well, I pulled the battery out and charged it over night. Put it back in this morning and it started right up. So, I'm gonna stop by an auto parts store and pick up one of those maintainers. How much do they typically cost? How do they work anyway? I had the same problem when I went to start my motorcycle. So, I probably need one for it to. yeeesh...lol

http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=P&Product_Code=98061198100&Category_Code=POTEBXSS

[Dr. Kill]

I picked up a $60 unit from Autozone that will maintain, charge & diagnose battery issues - it is a pretty cool little device.

I am sure the links the others provided you with are for quality products as well.

Glad to hear you are back on the road.

[Sir_Ben]

There is a programmed power shutdown for non-essential circuits if the car isn't used for more than 3 days (I think). I was away for 2 weeks and found that I couldn't get in with the remote. The way to re-activate is to unlock the driver's door with the key, holding it in the unlock position for 2-3 seconds. Then lock it again with the remote. Then unlock it with the remote to clear the immobiliser and all should be OK. (This worked for my UK car and I hope it's the same for yours).