When running, the voltage climbs up to about 14.8 volts, indicating the charging system (inverter) seems to be fine, and tries to charge it. After a long trip, it's fine for a few days, starts fine, then goes back to hard starting. And the interior lights were dim while trying to start, and dimmer when the ABS pump motor was running (more slowly than usual). I continued having trouble getting to ready, it often failed on the first try, but usually went ready on the second try. The next day, after several attempts, it went to ready. I tried a number of times, but it wouldn't go ready. Instead, I got a parking lock error message and some other errors. But the next day, I tried to start it, and the interior lights were very dim, the motor sound you usually hear when starting (I believe this is the ABS pump) was very slow, the dash lights were dim, and the car wouldn't go to ready. I'm quite sure I closed all the doors when done and didn't leave any lights on. On the day I didn't drive it, I had the doors open for 1o to 15 minutes while I cleaned the interior. But if the Toyota battery is under warranty, obviously I'd rather have them replace it.Ī couple of months ago, my car wouldn't start one day, after sitting for 2 days. I'm wondering, because if it's not, I might rather go out and buy an Optima battery. But, I didn't have a lot of confidence they knew what they were talking about. But I just called the dealer to schedule an appointment to have it looked at before my warranty expires, and the person on the phone said they weren't sure that the battery would be covered, they said batteries usually aren't. My question is is the 12V battery covered by the car's 36 month warranty? Does anyone know? The warranty book doesn't say anything about an exclusion for the battery. I have a couple of weeks left on my 36 month new-car warranty on the car (I got my 2010 at the beginning of February 2011). I got the Optima Yellow and am happy with it. My advise is to replace it after 4 years so you won't get stranded. You won't be able to stop the "booting process" or do anything about it until it drain up the battery. (B) If the battery charge state is very low, you'd see the engine light on and hear continuous whining noise. (A) If the battery is totally dead, the car won't start and you won't see any light on the dash board. I returned about an hour later, the whining noise had stopped and the battery was drained completely. Since I had to leave the house, I just let the whining noise continue and locked the door. I pressed the Start button again in order to turn the system off but nothing would happen. The car made a continuous and low whining noise but the system won't boot up. When I pressed on the Start button, the yellow engine light on the dash board came on. I had to use the key to open the door manually. What happened below would probably answer your question.Īfter parking the car outside the driveway overnight, the door couldn't be opened with the key fob. I guessed the battery was close to its end of life and lost its cold cranking power under such severe weather condition. The weather was really cold (down to -30C at night) last week. The battery in question was the original that came with the factory. Click to expand.It is such an coincident that I had the exact same problem on the day of your posting.
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