My car(Saturn) starts.....sometimes

Joined: Jul 14, 2008 Posts: 3

Ok to start off I have a 1999 Saturn 3 door coup. My problem really started a couple of weeks ago. One day my car didnt start so I try to get a jump from my gf. No luck the car wont start. An hour later I jump it with my brothers car and it starts right up. Two days later im at work and I go to leave my car wont start again. 3 different cars tried to jump it but it was still dead. So I have it towed to an autoshop so they can take a look at it the next day. Well the next day they try to start the car it starts up fine again. It was there for almost 2 days and the car started up fine everytime so I took it to the shop for nothing and stuck with towing fees. Yesterday I try to start my car after leaving the store again it was dead didnt start. This time I didnt try to jump it but left it for 24 hours then this morning I go back to the store and it starts just fine. At the autoshop I took it to the mechanic says if the car starts fine while its there everything will show up fine on a diagnostic test. Anybody know what to do here or have a similar experience. I know if I have it towed next time it doesnt start after it gets to the shop it will start up fine again its very frustrating.

External Since: Mar 04, 2004 Posts: 194

it is either a bad battery, bad cables, or possibly a bad starter.
"michstate2008" <none.TakeThisOut@000.com> wrote in message
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> Ok to start off I have a 1999 Saturn 3 door coup. My problem really
> started a couple of weeks ago. One day my car didnt start so I try to
> get a jump from my gf. No luck the car wont start. An hour later I
> jump it with my brothers car and it starts right up. Two days later im
> at work and I go to leave my car wont start again. 3 different cars
> tried to jump it but it was still dead. So I have it towed to an
> autoshop so they can take a look at it the next day. Well the next day
> they try to start the car it starts up fine again. It was there for
> almost 2 days and the car started up fine everytime so I took it to
> the shop for nothing and stuck with towing fees. Yesterday I try to
> start my car after leaving the store again it was dead didnt start.
> This time I didnt try to jump it but left it for 24 hours then this
> morning I go back to the store and it starts just fine. At the
> autoshop I took it to the mechanic says if the car starts fine while
> its there everything will show up fine on a diagnostic test. Anybody
> know what to do here or have a similar experience. I know if I have it
> towed next time it doesnt start after it gets to the shop it will
> start up fine again its very frustrating.
>
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