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Has anyone else had problems starting their car after a major icing? I've got a 2013 with ~ 39K miles on it. The last time it was in the shop, they did a battery check and it had about 2/3 charge on it, but that was after another major cold wave (for North Carolina), and I hadn't driven it much since the cold and snow/ice, so we thought maybe it was just due to that.
However, yesterday after a sheet of ice formed on my car and was melted off, I tried starting the car and it just chugged. I'd started it the night prior and it started fine. I assumed maybe it was the battery, so my wife got home and I had her try jumping me off, and it did the same chugging away for a good 8 seconds or so. I was having her accelerate in her car to help the charge out more, and it still took a bit of that before my car turned over and started. It didn't click at the time, but I was able to unlock my car with the remote and the electronics came on in it, clock hadn't been reset, and I was even able to roll the window down without any kind of delay pr signs of a low battery before it started.
I took it to the battery store down the road and they tested it and it came back fine, so I'm really lost as to what happened. Any suggestions/experiences?
However, yesterday after a sheet of ice formed on my car and was melted off, I tried starting the car and it just chugged. I'd started it the night prior and it started fine. I assumed maybe it was the battery, so my wife got home and I had her try jumping me off, and it did the same chugging away for a good 8 seconds or so. I was having her accelerate in her car to help the charge out more, and it still took a bit of that before my car turned over and started. It didn't click at the time, but I was able to unlock my car with the remote and the electronics came on in it, clock hadn't been reset, and I was even able to roll the window down without any kind of delay pr signs of a low battery before it started.
I took it to the battery store down the road and they tested it and it came back fine, so I'm really lost as to what happened. Any suggestions/experiences?