Will not start: weak battery
- Symptoms
- Starter makes noise and the engine will not start; battery under 12 V
- Likely cause
- Weak battery
- Fix
- Test the battery and replace it (34B19R). In the thread a new battery fixed it
- Applies to
- SCP10 1SZ-FE
- Confidence
- low (owner thread)
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Timing chain jumps after long oil changes
- Automatic will not move in D (2 and L work)
- Timing chain rattle at idle
- A/C weak when standing still in summer
Similar problems on other cars
- Battery loses water and goes flat · Honda Civic (10th gen, FC)
- Stalling at idle with A/C + brake, hard start · Toyota Passo (1st gen)
- Ticking noise on a cold start (1.3) · Toyota Corolla (11th gen, E170)
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