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Sep. 29th, 2005
Crossed wires
Sep. 29th, 2005 01:59 amI've been having a problem with my car for the past couple days. Monday night when I left work, the car wouldn't start. No lights, no power, nothing. And of course it was raining. So I called AAA. Fortunately the truck came quickly, and he was able to jump-start it so I could drive home.
Yesterday I took the car in to our mechanic, who is very competent and trustworthy. They checked the battery, alternator, etc. and said they couldn't find anything wrong, and it was starting fine. So I took the car back, did some errands, etc. It was OK for a few hours, but later that night it died again. This time it was after midnight. Time for another call to AAA... again, fortunately the truck came quickly, and the jump-start worked.
This morning I took the car back to our rather puzzled mechanic. They went over the car in finer detail, and this time, found the problem: A loose battery cable. Yay! I'm glad it was something minor, and it's wonderful to have it fixed; wondering whether the car would die again at any moment was not a nice feeling. Hopefully it won't have any more problems for a while.
Yesterday I took the car in to our mechanic, who is very competent and trustworthy. They checked the battery, alternator, etc. and said they couldn't find anything wrong, and it was starting fine. So I took the car back, did some errands, etc. It was OK for a few hours, but later that night it died again. This time it was after midnight. Time for another call to AAA... again, fortunately the truck came quickly, and the jump-start worked.
This morning I took the car back to our rather puzzled mechanic. They went over the car in finer detail, and this time, found the problem: A loose battery cable. Yay! I'm glad it was something minor, and it's wonderful to have it fixed; wondering whether the car would die again at any moment was not a nice feeling. Hopefully it won't have any more problems for a while.