hottwheels04
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K so my car randomly wouldnt start,i just had to recharge the battery being all this below zero weather my car sitting all winter, so i bought a new red top optima battery last april and it was already dead so i recharged it the car started. well that was last month, i went out the other night it started fine, next day i try to start wont start, I hooked up my portable battery jumper starter, the car didnt start, after it charged to 93% it started, well i let it run for 15 min shut it off the car now wont start again, so i was thinking the battery just wont hold the charge, well i took it to a firestone they checked the battery said its ok. im like wtf, so i put a new battery in the car wont start at all now. so when you turn the key you hear a whine like a supercharger or blender, then you keep turning the key you hear that noise then a small click. i was told its the starter, the thing that sucks is, the battery is 11 months old, the starter is 1 year old and the alternator is prob only a year old aswell. ive been told the alternator or starter, but I would think if its the alternator it would start just wouldnt hold the charge. then i was told the starter but i hear the starter. what else could it be? i was told it could be a fuse or the ignition thing under the steering colum? anybody since i wasted the $ on a new battery for no reason.but this same thing happened last winter and last month it was the battery , but now its not its still doing same noise? so im lost. last year it was the starter when it did similar thing so idk. i checked volts and alternator, they seem to be fine 12.5 for battery on the post and 14 for alternator.