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muteant
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Oct 4, 2012, 11:32 AM

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2000 Mazda Protege - Problems Starting Sign In

2000 Mazda Protege, about 90,000 miles on it.

Through a contrivance of events, I had to leave this car for 2 weeks without it being run at all. It wouldn't start when I got back to it, but I got a jump and it drove 45 miles home on the freeway, and then seemed to have no issues for about a week as I drove it regularly.

Stupidly on my part, I did not run it for another 4 or 5 days, and now it won't start again, although it does seem to be getting the faintest amount of juice whereas when it previously did not run it was deader than a doornail. Is it possible to guess with some degree of confidence what I would need to do to get this little car, which heretofore has been something of a cockroach, to run reliably again? I'd appreciate any advice; I'm pretty clueless when it comes to cars.

-Steve


(This post was edited by muteant on Oct 4, 2012, 11:37 AM)


Hammer Time
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Oct 4, 2012, 11:47 AM

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What was the result when you had the battery tested?



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muteant
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Oct 4, 2012, 11:49 AM

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What was the result when you had the battery tested?


Thank you for responding. I didn't have the battery tested. Do I need to bite the bullet and take this thing to a shop or should I try replacing the battery first?


(This post was edited by muteant on Oct 4, 2012, 11:50 AM)


Hammer Time
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Oct 4, 2012, 1:47 PM

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How about the obvious? Have the battery tested.



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