I have a 2005 Arc. My battery died on me the other day and I have a few issues/questions and was hoping someone could help.
When I first discovered my battery was dead I was able to jump my car with no issues. I drove around for a couple of hours hoping that my battery would charge. When I shut the car down I was not able to restart it. The following day I removed the battery and decided to charge it on my bench. When I removed the battery from the car I was measuring 10.8 volts and after two hours of charging I was measuring 12.8 volts. I checked the voltage a half hour later and it was measuring 12.6 volts (so the battery was losing a little voltage).
I immediately re-installed the battery and was still measuring over 12 volts. When I went to start my car all I got was loud clicking and my dash lights went crazy. I again jumped the car and was able to start it.
Here's my problem: After jumping the car the second time my climate control fan is not working. I went into the SID settings and nothing is out of the ordinary. I tried turning the heat/AC on auto and manual and could never get the fan to blow. I have heated seats and they are working fine. I can't tell if my rear defroster is working. A circuit breaker is my only guess but I was hoping someone could offer some good troubleshooting advice.
Also, my battery was out of the car for over 3 hours and my radio presets were still programmed. My climate control was also set on the last temperature that I used. My second question is (out of curiousity), how come these things didn't reset when I removed the battery?
Update:
I replaced the battery and now everything is working fine. I'm assuming that the anomaly with my AC/heater fan was caused by the bad battery.
The only problem I ran into was that after inserting the key I had to wait a couple of minutes before the car recognized the key. I believe this is normal because I read it in another post. Once the car recognized the key I turned it to the accessory position and allowed all systems to reset for a few minutes. Finally I started the car and everyhting is working fine.
Thanks to everyone for there help
When I first discovered my battery was dead I was able to jump my car with no issues. I drove around for a couple of hours hoping that my battery would charge. When I shut the car down I was not able to restart it. The following day I removed the battery and decided to charge it on my bench. When I removed the battery from the car I was measuring 10.8 volts and after two hours of charging I was measuring 12.8 volts. I checked the voltage a half hour later and it was measuring 12.6 volts (so the battery was losing a little voltage).
I immediately re-installed the battery and was still measuring over 12 volts. When I went to start my car all I got was loud clicking and my dash lights went crazy. I again jumped the car and was able to start it.
Here's my problem: After jumping the car the second time my climate control fan is not working. I went into the SID settings and nothing is out of the ordinary. I tried turning the heat/AC on auto and manual and could never get the fan to blow. I have heated seats and they are working fine. I can't tell if my rear defroster is working. A circuit breaker is my only guess but I was hoping someone could offer some good troubleshooting advice.
Also, my battery was out of the car for over 3 hours and my radio presets were still programmed. My climate control was also set on the last temperature that I used. My second question is (out of curiousity), how come these things didn't reset when I removed the battery?
Update:
I replaced the battery and now everything is working fine. I'm assuming that the anomaly with my AC/heater fan was caused by the bad battery.
The only problem I ran into was that after inserting the key I had to wait a couple of minutes before the car recognized the key. I believe this is normal because I read it in another post. Once the car recognized the key I turned it to the accessory position and allowed all systems to reset for a few minutes. Finally I started the car and everyhting is working fine.
Thanks to everyone for there help