Car won't start in winter
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I brought my evo in March of last year. In the warmer months it starts fine even though I only drive it a few times a week. In the winter if I don't start it every other day the battery dies. The car is stock minus a auto start and alarm that the previous owner put on. I tried a new battery and took it to the dealership and said not to leave the alarm armed, they said that may be the problem. I tried that as well, but two days later the car never starts again
. I only have 17K miles on the car, and the last time I took it to the dealer, they did a "diagnostic electrical check" and nothing came up. I doubt its the starter. The starter doesn't even make a sound like attempting to turn over and start. Does anyone else have this problem?
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I use the BatteryMINDER product, and it works great with my optima red top. I leave it in the garage in the car all winter with no problems.
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Same thing happened to my buddy's evo. The electrical system kept draining the battery. His wiring harness had a bunch of cut up wires and a wire running underneath the fusebox was grounding. He previously bought it used and the retard who had it before him cut up the harness bad.
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Yea thanks guys originally the aftermarket instrument cluster blew out the previous owner put in. I checked all fuses but that was not the problem. I took it to the stealership 300 bucks later they removed it. Out of my pocket of course because it was a aftermarket mod. The alarm is a bit of a nag if you leave it armed. It also has a turbo timer but I don't think thats relevant. And auto start is a problem if you leave it in first plus e-brake. But all in all I love the car even though I'm tempted to buy a C-5 every once in a while. To gsr check all the fuses and any power draining mods. Good luck man
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