wont start!

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:31 pm

My neon had some transmission problems so its been in the driveway for around a month, i went to go start about a week ago, and it wouldn't start, the gauges jumped around, then it said fuse in the odometer, so while trying to solve this i noticed the trunk was not closed fully so the trunk light was on the whole time, so i closed it, and jumped it because the battery was dead, and that solved it. i went out today to start it again, and the same thing happened when i tryed to start it. i turned the key, the gauges jumped around and it said fuse in the odometer. so i looked over the fuses and didn't see any blown, but i'm also unsure what i'm looking for.

any ideas?

Post by **Canada** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:06 pm

Check the power your battery is putting out. If its been sitting idle for a month, with a drain on the battery, just jumping it, and not letting the alternator charge the battery fully will lead to a dead battery again.

Best case, jump it to start it, and take it for a long drive and it will hopefully charge. Worst case, new battery.

Broken Glass · Post by **Broken Glass** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:16 pm

i tryed to jump it again today, it wouldn't start, it still said the fuse thing. so i should look into getting a new battery? thanks