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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 16, 2021 8:21:14 GMT
So Mrs P got in her Rav last night after work and tried to start it but was just getting a clicking sound and wouldn't start.
Fortunately a taxi driver had seen what was happening and asked if she would like a jump start and it started straight away, and this morning it fired over straight away.
Could this be the alternator on it's way out again??
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deesidecars
Club Member
Posts: 13
Location: North Wales
Primary Vehicle: rav4
Year: 2011
Model Spec/Trim: m drive cvt
Engine Capacity: 2.0
Fuel Type: Petrol
Transmission: Automatic
Drive Type: 4WD/AWD
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Post by deesidecars on Mar 16, 2021 9:33:51 GMT
Sounds like it could be a starter motor problem, but id check battery is ok first
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Post by unclebob on Mar 16, 2021 9:59:41 GMT
So Mrs P got in her Rav last night after work and tried to start it but was just getting a clicking sound and wouldn't start. Fortunately a taxi driver had seen what was happening and asked if she would like a jump start and it started straight away, and this morning it fired over straight away. Could this be the alternator on it's way out again?? Clicking sound is normally the battery low or almost dead, you need to charge the battery up than with the vehicle running, see what voltage you have across the battery .A good working alternator with be reading 13.5v or more. Once you know the alternator is good I would suspect a defective battery or an interior light has been left on .Best then get the battery tested . |
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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 16, 2021 10:37:09 GMT
Thanks both :TU:
I fitted a new battery last November and it has been fine and as i say it started no trouble at this morning.
I don't have a reader Bob :no:
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Post by unclebob on Mar 16, 2021 11:33:20 GMT
Thanks both  I fitted a new battery last November and it has been fine and as i say it started no trouble at this morning. I don't have a reader Bob  Ok ...you’ll need to get a garage to drop test the battery to check its condition and test the alternator is charging . |
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Post by davrav on Mar 16, 2021 12:22:08 GMT
I would also just check the battery connections.
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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 16, 2021 14:34:04 GMT
I would also just check the battery connections. I will check later David :TU: |
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Post by widge on Mar 16, 2021 16:30:29 GMT
So Mrs P got in her Rav last night after work and tried to start it but was just getting a clicking sound and wouldn't start. Fortunately a taxi driver had seen what was happening and asked if she would like a jump start and it started straight away, and this morning it fired over straight away. Could this be the alternator on it's way out again?? Hi
Has it got the small 45-50Ah battery that is standard for the petrol? ours had one like that and although it should be fine, our car has push pull hand controls that were occasionally leaving enough weight on the brake pedal to turn the brake lights on (why they work without the ignition I have no idea) anyway I found that the battery drained vary quickly to a point that it would not start, I have now fixed the hand control problem, but last time I changed the battery I bought the larger one that is normally for the diesel, to be honest it wasn't a lot more but gives us much better security as it is an automatic and we tend to do short journeys often with a gap of a week between. Dave
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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 16, 2021 19:54:50 GMT
So Mrs P got in her Rav last night after work and tried to start it but was just getting a clicking sound and wouldn't start. Fortunately a taxi driver had seen what was happening and asked if she would like a jump start and it started straight away, and this morning it fired over straight away. Could this be the alternator on it's way out again?? Hi
Has it got the small 45-50Ah battery that is standard for the petrol? ours had one like that and although it should be fine, our car has push pull hand controls that were occasionally leaving enough weight on the brake pedal to turn the brake lights on (why they work without the ignition I have no idea) anyway I found that the battery drained vary quickly to a point that it would not start, I have now fixed the hand control problem, but last time I changed the battery I bought the larger one that is normally for the diesel, to be honest it wasn't a lot more but gives us much better security as it is an automatic and we tend to do short journeys often with a gap of a week between. Dave
I presume so Dave, we got it from Toyota and is there own make, well it has Toyota labels on it, but it started fine again tonight after been stood outside Mrs Ps works all day so i checked the terminals and gave them half a turn, good job i did check as the good samaritan last night had left the positive red cover off on the battery cover  |
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Post by widge on Mar 16, 2021 21:44:52 GMT
Hi
Has it got the small 45-50Ah battery that is standard for the petrol? ours had one like that and although it should be fine, our car has push pull hand controls that were occasionally leaving enough weight on the brake pedal to turn the brake lights on (why they work without the ignition I have no idea) anyway I found that the battery drained vary quickly to a point that it would not start, I have now fixed the hand control problem, but last time I changed the battery I bought the larger one that is normally for the diesel, to be honest it wasn't a lot more but gives us much better security as it is an automatic and we tend to do short journeys often with a gap of a week between. Dave
I presume so Dave, we got it from Toyota and is there own make, well it has Toyota labels on it, but it started fine again tonight after been stood outside Mrs Ps works all day so i checked the terminals and gave them half a turn, good job i did check as the good samaritan last night had left the positive red cover off on the battery cover  Well hopefully it was just a hiccough and you will be ok now, but if you need to change the battery in the future I would seriously consider going for the bigger one as I said it is not that much more expensive, another reason that we did it on ours is that we run the car on 85% Ethanol and it takes a little bit more cranking to start it in the colder weather. |
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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 17, 2021 9:52:07 GMT
I presume so Dave, we got it from Toyota and is there own make, well it has Toyota labels on it, but it started fine again tonight after been stood outside Mrs Ps works all day so i checked the terminals and gave them half a turn, good job i did check as the good samaritan last night had left the positive red cover off on the battery cover Well hopefully it was just a hiccough and you will be ok now, but if you need to change the battery in the future I would seriously consider going for the bigger one as I said it is not that much more expensive, another reason that we did it on ours is that we run the car on 85% Ethanol and it takes a little bit more cranking to start it in the colder weather. It started fine again this morning and it was a chillier night last night so why would it just do this just the once, so far. It's been starting through all those hard frosts we had back in January, so is there summat on it's way out, starter motor, alternator? We'll try and get it to a garage over the weekend to get some tests done on it :TU: |
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Post by philip42h on Mar 17, 2021 10:57:19 GMT
Well hopefully it was just a hiccough and you will be ok now, but if you need to change the battery in the future I would seriously consider going for the bigger one as I said it is not that much more expensive, another reason that we did it on ours is that we run the car on 85% Ethanol and it takes a little bit more cranking to start it in the colder weather. It started fine again this morning and it was a chillier night last night so why would it just do this just the once, so far. It's been starting through all those hard frosts we had back in January, so is there summat on it's way out, starter motor, alternator? We'll try and get it to a garage over the weekend to get some tests done on it That evidence suggests that the car may well be fine and 'somebody' managed to leave 'something' on in the car whilst parked to flatten the battery a bit ... ? |
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Post by unclebob on Mar 17, 2021 16:29:56 GMT
It started fine again this morning and it was a chillier night last night so why would it just do this just the once, so far. It's been starting through all those hard frosts we had back in January, so is there summat on it's way out, starter motor, alternator? We'll try and get it to a garage over the weekend to get some tests done on it That evidence suggests that the car may well be fine and 'somebody' managed to leave 'something' on in the car whilst parked to flatten the battery a bit ... ? Agree do nothing and see how it goes 👍🏻 |
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Post by bigkev on Mar 17, 2021 19:19:26 GMT
If the battery is indeed the tiny, toaty wee, pishy wan.......bin it and get a fool size wan. Leave a door open for two minutes and the wee battery fails.
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Post by Paulus17 on Mar 21, 2021 14:14:27 GMT
If the battery is indeed the tiny, toaty wee, pishy wan.......bin it and get a fool size wan. Leave a door open for two minutes and the wee battery fails. Well it is said battery and it has been since, Mrs P is sure nothing was left on, plugged in or owt, she didn't even have the radio on so not sure why it would have happened? Went on a nice drive out over to Kenilworth castle earlier with the Pooches and had a very pleasant walk round the grounds with Ralfy getting lots of attention and even saw another Berner just two weeks younger :yes: |
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