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I think my battery is totally dead,I called a cab to get a boost, it didn't work, he also tried hooking up a battery pack, we could see that the battery was "very low" 10 mins with the battery pack on and it seemed as if the car had more life, but still didn't want to turn the engine.

 >:( damn this crazy cold weather!

After battery replacements
check for parasitic loads.

 

It died on me a few weeks ago, but a boost worked so i just forgot about it... not smart!
and I can't change this battery myself. its very well hidden and would need to lift the car to change it, so i'll have to call a towing and go to the garage tomorrow.

I work from home, so often I wont drive it for a day or 2, (I didn't drive it all day yesterday and today)
"Battery-Tender" this seems like a good product, but once i have a barn new battery i should be ok no?

A battery is the best place to start troubleshooting especially when it's cold, but don't get fixated on it.  If it's just a dead battery you should be able to jump it with another car. Make sure all your connections are clean and tight.  Do you have access to a multi-meter?

I guess my gas line could be frozen?

but this battery has been acting up, and the booster pack the taxi had showed the status of my battery was "very week", keeping it on for 10mins seemed to help but still was unable to turn the engine.

i turn the key and all i hear is "click click click"

i asked a neighbor to boost me b4 i called the taxi, and it got as far as "click click half a turn click click click", and after that it was "click click... click click", i figured a taxi's battery and heavy duty cables would do it...

Chrysler PT Cruiser

goggling!

seems i could do it my self! gr8, it looked very well hidden ( and it is ) but looks like i can change it myself.

should be a fun project for tomorrow  :P

Happened to me once and it was due to loose battery pole. It was making click click ... Make sure they are rust free and very tight.

Adam,

Is your car a manual or automatic? And yes, batteries don't do well in the winter time.

automatic

youtube why didn't i think of that

damn that's right eh... next time I'll buy a manual, more control!

It might not work anyway. I tried "pop starting" my bike last month when the battery died in the cold and the bike would just slide on the ice.  ;)

D&T troubleshooting guide.

The battery turns the starter.  If there was an issue with gas line, or fuel injectors, or flux capacitor the battery would still turn the starter.  It would turn the starter quickly and promptly but the car wouldn't start.

"click click click" or "wrug, wrug, wrug" or hearing starter turn but slower than you normally remember it, or gauges doing "weird crap" when trying to start, or "nothing" = electrical most likely battery but it could be any component in the electrical system (to include starter motor)  Make sense?  Frozen gas line or other problems wouldn't prevent the battery from powering the starter motor.   See you narrowed it down from the "entire car" down to the electrical system (80%+ potential problems eliminated).

Most likely (90%) you have one or more dead cells in the battery.  It isn't just drained it is "BROKE".  Replace the battery.  The auto parts store will be able to get you the exact size you need.  If you plan on keeping the car more than three years pay a little more for a better battery (store will give you two or three options).  Get a brush to clean the terminals and some corrosion resistant pads (auto parts store will know).  Even if you had to buy a cheap socket set it will still be $50-$100 cheaper than a garage.  Note: save your reciept and bring the dead battery to the store.  There will be a "core charge" which is refundable when you turn in  the "broke" battery.

when i put in the new battery it wont be charged?

well that sucks... so i will need a towing no matter what?

It's good that you have only one battery to take care of. I have to service 2 batteries in my hybrid car.

http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/other-honda-hybrids-discussion/21974-grid-charging-balancing-honda-accord-hybrid-2.html (http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/other-honda-hybrids-discussion/21974-grid-charging-balancing-honda-accord-hybrid-2.html)

Going through withdraws of no longer hitting little children, Adam resorts to beating up defenseless cars. Film at 11.  ;D

Does your car need to be moved immediately or can you take the battery in to an auto store and have it tested for free?   You should have your battery tested to find out if it's ruined or not, no sense in buying a new battery if it just needs a charge.  I think it's 50/50 on the problem being either your battery being ruined or just a poor connection.  Don't under estimate a bad connection.  Just because you have two cables coming of your battery doesn't mean everything is fine, they need to be tight!  Grab your cables (your car battery can't shock you) and try to firmly wiggle them.  You shouldn't be able to wiggle them around on the terminal posts of the battery at all.  Also any obvious signs of corrosion will loosen your connection.  

Lol americans and their automatics
If you come in europe it's a tragedy then, every car here is manual  :) And no, i am not joking.

Its working again, I did it!   ;D
remove air intake thing, replace battery, put all back together.
wasn't to difficult, but i it was a bitch cuz it was so cold outside.
I must of saved 150$, doing it myself.
Thanks for the youtube video link!

Ya i couldn't see the battery, they hid it well... i figured they did this to force people to go see a mechanic when the battery dies... In your face Chrysler! :D

My wife disagrees!  We have two kids, a third on the way, and her car is a manual (and she insists on her next being a manual as well)!  Mine is too, of course.

Also, when the battery is completely dead, push-starting doesn't work.  At least, it never did for me.  I'm talking no clicks dead.

I don't know, it all sounded pretty reasonable based on all the advice I receive from all the backseat parents around me.  :D

Manual FTW.

Your battery probably bit it when it went low last time. Deep discharge is pretty damaging to regular car batteries. I've killed a couple myself that way.

Is this car a Fiat?  ;)

i was thinking of buying a manual, but everyone told me not to, and i eventually agreed with them ... automatic is a plus for me, because it can be my wife's car when she gets her license.

the PT cruiser was a crazy good deal  70,000KM 4000$(without taxes), they got it from a trade in, and they sold it to me 'AS IS' no 60 day guarantee nothing, so i jumped on it!

looks better then a van, same amount of space, ok their like 0 room in the back seats, but my kids are 2 and 0 so doesn't matter... the trunk has alot of room

Yeah, used American-made cars can be had for dirt cheap.  Definitely an economical way to go - they aren't all that bad in reliability anymore either.

 ;D