Car with a dead battery worked when umped but now wont start what should I do?

You have a weak battery, sometimes with a dead cell jump starting will not work. Letting your battery discharge completely is hard on a battery, especially one as old as yours. The clicking noise you hear when trying to start is typical of a weak failing battery, the selenoid is cycling, not enough current to engage the starter.

Buy a new battery.

Don't spend 100 dollars on a battery or 275 on a starter yet.

Go spend 20bucks and buy a Multimeter from an electronic shop. Very handy tool.

*Come home, flick it on to Volts and measure the amount of volts in your battery.

If it's more than 12Volts your battery is ok for the next step. (If not get it charged and find what's draining the battery.)

*Now keep holding the voltmeter onto the battery and ask someone to crank the car.

If the voltage drops to less than 8Volts your battery cells have died. In other words, although it can hold charge, it can't support the load from the starter motor.

*If the voltage didn't drop and the starter motor was just making the clicking noise it's an issue with the starter motor. It's called a sticky starter motors.

*If so get a piece of long wood and tap the starter motor whilst someone else is cranking.

If this worked get your starter motor cleaned/re conditioned at an auto electrician.

In the future, if your battery dies, don't jump start it. You can ruin a lot of your electrics by jump starting.

Instead, put the car into reverse and keep the clutch pressed. Get somebody to give you a push backwards and when you pick up a bit of speed, drop the clutch and pump the accelerator quickly and she should be alive and well again.

I had to do this with my car for about a week. I had to plan where I would park, as if I parked at the bottom of a hill I was screwed.

Eventually I got bored of having to push my car every time I stalled at a set of lights, so I opened my bonnet up and had a look at the starter motor. I gave it a little shake and a light tap, and with a bit of a grimace, my car managed to start again.

Don't ask me how, must have been my magic touch, but I'd reccomend that you try doing this with your volvo. It's possible that with all the hassle of jump starting your car, you have knocked a wire loose from the starter motor.

HTH

you may have a bad connection with your battery connectors or starter connectors. but you killed the battery by leaving the lights on so you need to charge the battery. How long did AutoZone charge the battery for? 5 minutes? 10 minutes? 30 ? You should put the battery on a trickle charge for 8 or 12 hours. Did AutoZone check to see if the battery needed water? Make sure the battery don't need water. If someone gives you a jump, you may need to leave the jumper cables connected for several minutes to get enough juice into the battery. Does the battery have a "green eye" or green ball ? Or small plastic round window? The green eye would mean that the battery is charged. Recharging the battery does not mean "getting a jump" Trickle charge the battery for 8 or 12 or even 24 hours. If that don't help then the battery is a goner.

        Normally, if AutoZone said the battery was still good, then this means the battery can hold a charge and still has enough "cranking power." When jumping your car, this can cause the starter to suddenly go bad -- along with the potential of frying anything else in your electrical system. Risky business.

        You could always get the starter checked to see if it has to be replaced. Otherwise, if the voltage regulator has gone bad on your car (another thing jumping can fry), then that could explain why the alternator isn't keeping your battery charged. (Hint: Voltage regulator may not be a separate module on your car -- it may be in the alternator, which requires a replacement alternator.)

it worked off of a surface charge and i recently had a bad battery experience with a store i shop at a lot Walmart.

When I returned it they had two shopping carts of returned batteries and the guy at Walmart knew what my problem was before he even tested it.

I used then because it was a Sunday & i was near a walmart.

I have always bought my batteries at Sears for 20 years and been real happy I went & replaced it with a Sears and will continue to do so.

Sears second best is usually the best buy but if the top of line is on sale & affordable I would also buy that one.

1 age of battery 73 mo or less from date or charging system is goin but i say just replace battery and see if in 4 days happens again its the alt is bad if its a 08 see if car has battery saver it just must be a dirty connection you can tell if car dont charge radio will not work no tail lights no dash lites then its the alt goodluck

if your battery not holding charge then your alternator musnt be charging the battery as its being run. your nearest kwickfit do a free battery test and that will also tell you if the alternator is charging it. if it is your alternator you can have them refurbished at sum places, rather than spend a fotune on a new one. melissa

I actually JUST got that taken care of with my car yesterday. Your battery is unusable and needs to be replaced. If you take it to your nearest Walmart Supercenter, they'll run a test on it to be sure, but they're highly likely to tell you that your battery needs to be replaced.

bad battery..