Won't Start...Been sitting awhile

[pompous]

My box has been sitting for around 3 wks maybe. Now it won't start. I put the key in and nothing. I think I remember reading something about this happening, but I can't remember how to fix it. Any help?

Dead battery. You need a battery maintainer.

[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.

Depends on the "health" of your current battery. You may just need a jump or a new battery.

I plug my car into the Porsche Battery Maintainer now whenever I know it will be sitting more than 5-7 days.

[pompous]

anybody think i'll have any luck charging it? I'm almost afraid to jump it. Come to think of it...i don't even think i know how to jump it. lol

[RandallNeighbour]

It couldn't hurt to try charging it. Check the date on it though... if it's 36 months old or older, buy a new one. Sam's Club has good batteries for our cars for not much cash from what BruceLee (forum co-owner) reports. The genuine Porsche batteries are both expensive and not as good... I wish I had learned this before I plunked down $125 for mine.

If you have a newer Boxster it may be hard to get the front trunk open without some fiddling because of the electronic switch to open it. In this case, you'll have to do a thread search to find out how to get it popped open. There's a wire somewhere to pull.

Another way around the "find the wire" hack is to put in a cigarette lighter type of battery charger and let it sit for a while so you can get the electric switch to open the front trunk.

Of course, if you have an older box like mine, just pull the handle and you're there. The battery is directly in front of the windshield under a black plastic cover (in case you've never found it before)

[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