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  1. Cooter

    Cooter Junior Member

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    Hey thanks in advance I have a 2002 and having starting issues yesterday I drove about 130 miles parked it last night it it was 50 below zero with wind chill went out to start it today and it would start but die with in 15-20 seconds it would show the red triangle and would not restart if I took the positive power cable off the 12 volt battery and hook it back up it would start then die I threw a tarp over the car and put a heater on it for a hour started and ran but had the red triangle on the dash no other warning lights no codes parked it in the shop and left it went back out a little bit ago tried starting it it started and died with the red triangle on the dash tried starting it and shifted it into neutral and it stayed running but it did not show that I was in neutral and the headlights tail lights and dash lights looked like a strobe light flashing can anyone help thanks
     
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    also if u shift back to park it stays in neutral and rolls it will not shift to drive or reverse and the screen on the dash will not turn on thanks again
     
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  3. Cooter

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    Just thought of something else the heater fan quits blowing when the lights start flashing
     
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    Screw wind chill, it isn't relevant because your car doesn't have bare human skin. What was the thermometer temperature?

    For the rest, I can't parse a single sentence that long.
     
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  5. Cooter

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    It was -30 air temp sorry
     
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    i think you need a new car :(
     
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  7. Cooter

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    The cars got 270000 original batteries and ran like a champ before this
     
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    For all your information it was the 12 volt battery died
     
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    And you REALLY are having trouble figuring out what the problem might be ???

    It might be: A 16 year old car, with 270,000 miles and a 16 year old battery.......at -30 F.
    How long have you lived in Minnesota exactly ?

    Auto parts stores sell a LOT of batteries every year about this time.
     
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  10. Cooter

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    Lived here 29 years cars usually don’t have strobe lights for head lights and tail lights
     
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    That is a l-o-n-g time for a 12V battery or did you mean just the traction battery is original?
     
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    Original 12v I put it on the charger this morning and am driving now with it
     
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    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    It definitely need replacing!
    It sounds like the computers in the car got confused!
    You do not want to get stranded or in a place where the car will not engage the parking pawl but needs to.
     
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    Ya I just ordered a new battery but had stuff to do today and needed my car
     
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    This is what I ordered good or bad anyone use this
     

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    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    @3prongpaul would that work?
    I tagged one of our Gen 1 experts for advice.
     
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    It comes with new terminals and cables I hope it dose
     

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  18. Brian in Tucson

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    Nature is trying to tell you something:

    Don't drive your car in minus 30 degree weather!!!

    Tires get hard, batteries freeze, your coolant in your radiators can even freeze. And oil gets thicker. Moisture in the gas freezes. And you can die if you get stuck somewhere. It will warm up later this week (like tomorrow) and your problems may go away.
     
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    I'm fairly confident that his 12V battery was not 16 years old.
    Automotive equipment has long been intended to operate at -40F. And many many folks in Alaska, Canada, and Montana-NorthDakota-Minnesnowta-Wisconsin have long proved it workable.

    Sure, you can die of something goes wrong and you are unprepared. Just as it can when unprepared in +110F weather. Or even at normal room temperature.
     
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  20. Cooter

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    It is original 12 volt battery I know the guy that had it before me and never changed it
     
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