What to do if your Car won't Start
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- A car that won't start can be caused by many different problems from low fuel pressure to no spark. In this case, I have no clue what the problem is and I go though my methodology to figure out the problem. (Spoiler alert) It ends up being a bad battery which is probably the most common no start problem.
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I like to panic and cry in the drivers seat first
Arsene Ashford Me currently😩
Me right now.
SAME
🤣💀😂😂
@@teddybear97able 🤣🤣🤣
*Car doesn’t start*
First thing I do,
UA-cam search: ‘Why doesn’t my car start’
Seyitoju Oluwasakin and try not to panic
Bruh same
Car just stopped on me while on was freeway
@@aleenayoung7856 Or Have ChrisFix Tell You How To Fix It.
Not me,i don't even have a car.
Just change the clock to its normal time and it will start because its confused and traveling through time.
Omg lol
Google thinks its unsafe
xD
It will only travel through time if it is going at 88mph
Hahahaha
I love how every single issue, check, cleaning, replacing etc you have on any of your vehicles is a chance for you to make this channel grow
They said I was addicted to drinking brake fluid, but I knew I could stop whenever I wanted.
Oh....oh my...😬lolol
I hope you got over your addiction 😂😂
Antifreeze is so much better.
I was addicted to drinking blinker fluid, but it was an on and off thing.
I’m addicted to worshipping feet
The dislikes are from people who have cars that run on toothpaste
With the amount of skill ChrisFix has in this field, I wouldn't even be surprised if he can make his car run on toothpaste.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This made my laugh SOOOOO much
I miss the dislike count
@unionjackamingandvlogs6457🤣🤣please dont say that🤣🤣
When crisfix CAR dont starts, he takes His camera and says: HEY guys, crisfix here
Pretty much
This is exactly what I was thinking lol. Like there's no way he drained/bought a dead battery just to do a how-to video.
Lol
Today im gonna show you how to BLA BLA BLA......
When ChrisFix's car doesn't start, he gets his camera, turns it on and says:
Hey guys, ChrisFix here!
There, I fixed it.
Note: Make sure you check the manufacture date of the battery. A lot of times batteries sit on the shelf and which decreases their age and you will need to replace the battery a lot sooner.
Need to top off your blinker fluid.
Damn why didn't I think to do that?
+Will S. Needs new muffler bearings too...
+Owlguy007 really badly needs the battery pistons rotated.
would you recommend high concentration blinker fluid for a pruis
edzgt5 High concentration blinker fluid is recommended for long periods of sustained use. If you use your blinkers frequently for an extended period of time, then yes.
1. Cry
2. Hope for the best
The King Of Norway this is genuinely helpful
3. Buy a new car
Lie down. Try not to cry. Cry a lot.
"Your local garage will test your battery for free"
My local garage: *Laughs in Mechanic*
They ll test it,but not for free
I have always wanted to start a car flipping business. I held back because of my limited technical knowledge. But thanks to your videos I now think I can fix most of the problems myself.. Thank you for boosting my confidence.
How'd that work out for you?
@@Issicra he s filthy rich now and doesnt even care about youtube anymore
@rayven6704 I can confirm, hes my wife's boyfriend's cousin's brother and he's worth $69 quadrillion and owns his own dealership and 5 houses
what to do if the car wiĺl not start. hit your head on the steering wheel.
back to the future reference.
lol
ChrisFix hey
Dan F
Instructions unclear, my penis is stuck on steering wheel (don't ask)
Dan F Yes.
Dan F H
This guy takes better care of that mazda than I do with myself....
Not this car, He has a mazda truck, he takes care of it very well.
Play-Doh i just want a girl that will takr care of me as well as chris takes care of his mazda b3000 ford ranger 😍
Jesus got you, don't worry.
DrinkMoWater now I see yo ass on a car starting video ☠️ get off UA-cam 😂
Play-Doh it is a ford
I’m gonna be starting van life soon so that means I need to educate myself on cars... your videos are soooo educational, I’ve learned so much from you already in just a week :)
how’s van life
@@Dustman1256 ikr how is that van life doing
@@Dustman1256 he ended up getting hit while he was turning and rolled down a mountain
@@htx_screwston7137 🌮🌮
How is Van life Treating you? Give us an Update Bro!
I usually check the air in the tires!
Just beautiful. You're always So thorough and detailed about what you're doing. Love how you ask the viewers to think about the problem before saying exactly what it is and doing it yourself; helps ppl bring out the mechanic in them. Great Work Chris!
Jorge Marcial I am glad you liked that! I wanted to change up the video a little bit and show my thought process and have the viewers try to think though the problem as well! I am super happy with the feedback! Thanks Jorge!
Wow almost 300,000 miles on that van. Great video!
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Lmao my landcruiser has 875,000 and still going strong (i wish)
My car stopped at a red light....it was so embarrassing
+Bill Gates dang that happens to many by hopefully you fixed the problem!
i thought you are suppose you stop at a red light
But*
Kahoobb he meant it stopped working at a red light. Get ur facts straight
Whayo AjRed YT i stop at green and go at red?
I know this video is old but I would like to say I was an hour away from my house and this was the first video I clicked out and I got my car working again, thanks Chris!!!
Hmm, let's see. Judging by how many times I've seen this video. I'm gonna' say it's a bad battery.
Hahaha
+ChrisFix you still have the Windstar
Me too
Wait no! It's the spark transmission,(joking)
I've watched 8 other videos and yours is the only one who laid it out and made it simple and went through these steps and actually described things! Thank you!
+Marissa Greenidge I try to make every job simple with all of my videos! Glad it was helpful!
This video is a Godsend. My friend was teaching me how to drive stick-shift. Next thing we know the car didn't turn on. I troubleshooted as instructed in this video, and realized that the clutch safety switch was not working properly. I just pressed on the clutch really hard, turned the key, and the car turned on. We're replacing the safety switch tomorrow. Thank you! You saved us hundreds of dollars in repairs... for free!
0:12 I thought that was him cursing
ethan frohlich 😂
LOL!
Do I have a weird sense of humor? I was laughing at this.
Old Ford vehicles always had that seat alert chime
Sound like a lock LOL 😂 🔒
This really helped me out. My car was doing the same thing and you showed me some cool tips just to make sure it's the battery that's the problem and nothing else. Been binge watching all your vids, keep it up! Subscribed 👍🏽
When i went to bring my 95 ford taurus to the scrap 5yrs ago (due to a cracked chasis), i took out the battery from the engine bay a quarter mile before arriving and it ran the rest of the way just on the alternator xD
Loooooooooooooool
It's really cool to see how well your videos age. Even though you've come a long way production-wise, the information is still excellent and very easy to understand!
Bro you take good care of your cars
I try!
It is a huge subject to tackle, looks like you did really good.
Most drivers don't want to have knowledge of how every little thing on the car works. This is info everyone should have.
James Fenton Thanks James! Yea, there can be 1000000 things wrong. I figured I would just show everoyne my thought process and go though the steps for this particular situation.
0:07 Me when I try to get up in the morning for school 0:07
I have owned my 01 ranger for 10 years now. Chrisfix has helped me with almost every maintenance repair on it. I love the fact that he teaches the technical dynamics of the most simple repairs and still makes the technical repairs seem easy.
Great video. However I think it misses the possibility of a flooded engine. Try turning on the ignition while flooring the accelerator. Sometimes this will get it started, especially on cold days.
I just did this and it worked …
What might cause the flood situation over night cold start first thing strong crank no start but if I do clutch and pedal to the floor it starts??😮
Hey chris, just wanted to let you know that since watching a few of your videos, you've inspired me to take more time and initiative for my own car when I get one. I am planning to buy my first car in the next few months and stumbled across your channel while researching manual cars and specs and I find your videos quite entertaining to watch, even if my interest in cars is minimal. My interest has been growing since watching your channel, though.
Keep up the great work :)
How is life treating you Young Man? What was your 1st new car?! Give us an Update Brother! Hope all is well!
@@DIXIEMAFIA251 Interesting to see if he's still answering
The battery jumper looked like a sad guy
+Kostakis Sporidis so does ur icon
+Kostakis Sporidis Maybe it doesn't like it's job.
he's a shy person, an introvert by nature. he's reluctant to be on the Internet.
self projections
Kostakis Sporidis mooo
Hey Chris, it is exactly 5 years today. Is that battery still in there?
My new flip wouldnt start, so i came straight here. Thanks chris🙏😁
Wow 7 years is a long time for a car battery. I will have to pick up one of those Walmart batteries next time I need one. Another great video Chris!
Travis Judd Thanks a lot Travis! Yea, they dont use that type of battery anymore. The new battery I got was from walmart. Hopefully it will last just as long!
Just a few KISS methods I've seen in my line of work. Check the battery cables to see if they are clean and tight. Have had a few occasions where that happens. Even had a woman whose husband used zip ties to hold the negative cable on.
Also had an incident where a woman had her steering wheel locked. Simply turn the key and steering wheel at the same time.
Lastly, I had a customer that hit something in the road and broke the bushing loose on her transmission shifter.
Plenty more stuff but just some other things to consider.
Bro knew the problem just by looking at the clock
Omg I'm dying after watching that ad who is from Firestone it says "it doesn't matter the performance of your car when your car won't start" 😂😂😂
Hey, Chris! Turning on headlights and dimming of the control board indicators is not a necessary the checkmark for bad battery. Some wehicles have this dimming functionality! Also as you mentioned the specialized tester shows the correct status only if the battery is fully charged. You brought a discharged battery to the store to test - which means that te tester has more than 70% chance to wrongly detect a dead battery. As an electritian I must stress out this missing checkmark: Before you get to the store to test the battery, do charge it! If the charged battery show a decreased value of CCA and other tested parameters, than the battery needs to be replaced.
Thank You, for your contribution to expanding public knowledge.
This is a very useful video. I had exactly the same problem and I followed all the steps as detailed by Chris and helped me identify and resolve the issue. Thanks much!!
Awesome! I am glad the video was helpful!
At the time that your folks purchased that ford, there was a lot of press saying it was the safest minivan. That is the reason my wife and I purchased one.
That makes sense, my parents always looked at that before buying any car!
I'm watching this video in a Best Buy parking lot waiting for my grandpa for a jump start
You don't need to write the purchase date on your battery as you already have this video on UA-cam lol.... Love this channel!! Good job..
My moms 01’ Grand Prix se wouldn’t start this morning. It would crank and soon, the starter wouldn’t even go. The problem was a phone charger that does not shut off with the car, and so I unplugged it. few hours pass by and we jump it with the f150. Turns on and it’s all good. It still takes a little more cranking to turn over but after a little bit of idling, she’s all good.
I'm glad you were able got it started!
Hey Chris! One month update, new battery is in the car, alternator is all good. Emissions control is also fixed. She starts like a dream and everything from clogged windshield washer lines to air conditioning has been properly repaired. Now all that’s left is a “Service engine soon” light. I’m so happy with this car and it’s in its final stages of being a perfect, healthy, maintained vehicle for us! We are looking at a 2007 Cadillac Escalade with 173k miles and there are problems with the manifold bolts (common problem on these trucks) but when I check under the vehicle, I’m telling you this was the most clean anti-rust frame I’ve seen in a while. My dads 09’ suburban can’t say the same. I hope we get it, it’s only $11,500 with minor fixes to be done to it. And lastly, I want to thank you for all your help with car repair, care, and diagnostic videos. I apologize in advance if I shortened your time on anything, and I wish you the best of luck in future projects!
THANX 4 THIS VIDEO. THIS MAY BE THE REASON THAT MY CAR IS NOT STARTING. TOP MARKS CHRIS👍👍👍👍👍
Damn! A Never Start lasting 7 years?! That's a damn good run!
My wife left me for a mechanic here's why I'm here🤦😭
My 1985 F250 6.9 IDI I just bought today that has been sitting since 1995 is making the wanting to start sound like in the beginning of the video. It have two 2007 batteries in my truck. I was told if I charge it up and put the batteries back in it should start. I knew the batteries were bad. I planned on replacing them right away. It started RIGHT UP! Now I have brakes and other stuff to do on the truck. So excited. Helpful video!
Sharing my experience with this same issue. Trying to start the car (Honda CR-V 2002 AT), all that happens is there is a single click sound coming from somewhere, and no cranking takes place. Tried multiple times, and the same just happens.
I checked the terminal connections in the battery if they were loose; nope, they were nice and tight. Tried replacing the battery with a new one (since the old one had a history of being totally discharged a couple of months prior); the issue still persists.
The problem all along was a blown fuse for the fuel pump. The fuse box was below the steering column. Good thing there were spare fuses with the correct ampere rating in the fuse box under the hood. Replacing the said fuse fixed my issue.
thanks to this i was able to start my 2001 tahoe that i bought for 700, at least i know the engine is good
Love your videos! Could you do a video on how to replace a flux capacitor? Thx!
Stay tuned lol
The Most Informative Car Channel on UA-cam right now. i dont even have a Car yet i learned shit ton from watching your video.
Battery life 4 years on average??? Really??? How about 10 years? Anything less than 10 years is unacceptable.
had this problem with my 07 Honda accord, replaced the battery no problem
THIS VIDEO WAS SO HELPFUL. THANK YOU!
It’s funny to think that he probably should replace the battery again soon
If you think it's the battery, you should also check the fluid levels in the battery. Low fluid will prevent the battery holding charge. You can top them up with de-mineralised water and then charge them. This will fix them most times.
2 times my truck did not start. The radio, lights came one but still wouldnt start. Hooked up jumper cables, did not start. I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND IT STARTS. Truck is such a troll
shoebert31 hahaha, did you ever figure out why? That is bizarre!
ChrisFix
nope, only happened twice
ford f150
Hopefully it is nothing. But on the bright side, you can be like Biff in back to the future. Only you can start your car haha.
shoebert31 were your gauges working?
excellent and informative
Quentyn73 Glad the video was helpful!
I remember I thought my car was gonna blow up because I couldnt start the car and it sounded like a fat man gasping for air after coming up the stairs
Seven years, dang. Mine lasted a decade (2011 model Actyon Sports, the only pickup truck made by South Korean car manufacturer) and it still manages to start the engine in -20C (negative four degrees in Fahrenheit or something after a week after last engine running). I already flushed break fluid, engine oils like 8 times, power steering fluid, differential oil (Koreans call it axle oil tho) and even blinker fluid (lmao) thanks to you. It's time to swap out the battery now.
Chris Fix's your vidz
👀📹 are sooooo addicting!
I just did this yesterday
with my pop's,WEIRD!🤔
Awesome!
@@chrisfix
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TO MY COMMENT!
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Starter sounds like a saw cutting wood. Very clear video tho, once again, thanks Chris, I'm your most attentive student, good job!
Use petroleum jelly to coat ALL battery connections. This keeps the battery acid from forming on the posts and corroding the connections. If your ground connection to the engine is easy to get to, use the petroleum jelly there and on the fuse box connection if you can get to it. I have been doing this for almost 50 years, it is so cheap, and it WORKS! Why spend money on fancy chemicals that needs reapplications over time? Vaseline, or store brand petroleum jelly is exactly the same, and works better than spray can protestants. Smear the jelly liberally over the terminals and posts, install, and wipe the excess off.
Jeez, your van has been all over America probably, I hope one day to get 300k miles on my Camry.
2:00 - I think you may have closed a door poorly, thus keeping the cabin lights on all night?
thanks a lot. my car did the same thing just now.
+solisium Good luck!
Same
2015: hi guys chrisfix here...
2021: HI GUYS CHRIS FIX HERE!
Chris, you may want to put up a small warning about changing the battery. I managed to damage my ECU when changing mine. It meant I had to take the bus for two months whilst I figured out the issue.
but i kick the car when it doesnt start.. and it starts up😂
haha
hehe
hoho
ChrisFix i posted your drift stang paint on forza horizon 3 and so far 200 people bought it ... i put your youtube name in the name and said to go check your channel out
lol
0:00-0:06 I know what the problem is.
It's a FORD! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It was a old bad battery in this case, I don't think any other car brand is immune to that lol
Man this guy is a True about evrything
Proof:-
I was with my family on road trip for a marriage occasion. The road was not opened for some reason, I Just stopped my car on a patrol pump and went to wash room, when I came back and tried to start my car it wont start, luckily a mechanic's shop was nearby so I too my car There. I tried to jump start with a car and a battery but couldnt start as it was a honda civic 2014 and the car was small which tried to jumpstart. The mechanic took my battery and changed it. White he was charging this video came in my mind and i started watching it. After he put the battery back the car did start up but the time was reset and same happened in this video and then I changed the battery of it.
7 years video, I just watched and I'm satisfied.
Man it's impossible nowadays to find a battery that can last for 7 years !!!
It's a miracle for me if it lasts 3 years ...
Abdullah Ibrahim I have one that's almost 5 years old and it's still cranking strong.
Abdullah Ibrahim well my sisters car is a 2006 Corolla and the battery has lasted ever since my grandma bought the car
I bought a Corolla 2001 surprisingly the battery is 9 year old works perfectly so far.
Batteries actually last longer in the cold. It's the heat that kills them. Cold killing batteries is a myth. You just don't notice them dying until the cold because the cold weather requires more power to start the engine. The colder you keep a battery, the better, unless they freeze. That's another reason that if you charge a battery it is better to do it at a lower amperage as it doesn't heat the battery up as much.
+Call of Drewski thanks a lot! Good to know!
+Call of Drewski Another thing that can kill a battery is not having a charge on it when it's in the cold...I bought a Suzuki Swift a little while back that had sat for 2 years, and the interior light drained the battery. This meant it went through 2 winters with no juice, nothing flowing, and therefore the battery froze rather easily and would not accept a charge when I went to go check it out. To be more specific, we went to charge the battery overnight and pull started it (due to bad starter) and got one weak combustion out of it followed by the lights on the dash all going out, whereas the car immediately started with a replacement battery that they hadn't charged for over a year but still was holding one.
prizedcoffeecup x
I bought 06 mercury mountaineer and car was from up north it had plastic cover on the battery mechanic told me to take it off since we live in Florida it cooks the battery so I took the plastic off it protects battery from the cold well in FL it don't get cold for a day or 2
Call of Drewski I agree. It's more like keeping the batteries cool. I keep my flashlight batteries in the refrigerator to keep it cool so it will stay fresh longer.
You just help me fix my no started issue. It was battery acid on the positive terminal. I just forgot that could be a cause. It wasn’t even that bad but that was the issue. Thank you.
I only mistake is not watching one of your videos before I try to fix things on my own... Great video bro very helpful
Car: *starts*
*happy Chrisfix noises*
That is so cool. Thank you for the videos that you made.
I had a battery go bad but not in the way you think. Needed a jump start to get home and about midnight I checked the start again. Nothing and checked the terminals. The Negative terminal was corroded at the base of the battery housing. I was able to get it cranked and started. Took it to the local 24 hour Auto Zone and pretty much new battery was shot. Didn’t even try to load test. They had in stock but I didn’t want to risk shutting down in the A/Z parking lot and not starting again.
I wound up replacing the battery with engine running secured the terminals and went back home. Had no issues after that.
I’m only 12 but this happened to my moms car, the battery died because the headlights were accidentally left on over night, then in the morning I went to start that car and It won’t start so I got my volt meter and measured to battery, it was only 10.4 volts so I got our jumper and jump started the car with my dad, your videos are helpful I appreciate it I am now a expert on jump starting even though I’m only 12.
Pretty sure mines a dead battery and I need a new starter but I wanted to make sure. Thanks!
0:57 Or you left your lights on (Though that would relate to a battery issue)
This vid helped me help my brother start his chevy van he went out and rented the fuel pump tester when it was the batt .. well go from there now also were cleaning the throttle and sensors thanks for making this vid very helpful
best channel on UA-cam 💯
I am surprised that a walmart battery lasted that long!
Turn the key forward and back 3 times pause then start.worked for me spray mass airflow sensor. $7
Battery is 7 years old... this video is 7 years old. Time flies
5 years ago. Time has flown by. Still a useful vid.
Hey man- I enjoy watching your car videos, I think you're providing a real public service. keep up the good work, Mario.
+mario v thanks Mario!
someone's sprayed expanding foam up the exhaust 😁
Would that actually stop the car from starting? I would have thought the foam would just be blown out by the engine starting?
Here in Chicago, we woke up to -6 this morning. A lot of cars not starting today.
Dang
THANK YOU!!!!! 😭 The battery was actually my problem...
Just saw this video now but if your power doors or power windows don't work then the battery will never crank or start a motor
It's 2017 but I still watch video (repeat) ,😘
Hey Chris just realized it’s February 2019, how’s the battery on the van?
Still starts it!
Glad to hear! Going to be replacing my battery and the terminals tomorrow. Wish me luck!
hey chris, listen, i was told some time ago this, and now i took notice, so ot may be a good idea to share with you. so after you put the ignition key and turn on the battery, i was told to wait a litle for the fuel pump to load before starting the engine, another thing is when the engine starts,to let it get hot,and if possible never to start going rear with cold engine. If you would like you can make a video about litle thing like these and maybe debunk some myths. Good job man!
Thanks a lot! I actually made a video similar to that a while ago, check it out: ua-cam.com/video/gkn-K2noClw/v-deo.html
Hey Chris, thanks for the GETSOME 1000 Supreme Lubricant tip, I just ordered my from Walmart with free shipping :)
well there's your problem, seems ya got a case of the Fords
Yea. Cause ford made that battery
+zellcrs what does Ford have to do with a battery,,moron
true
At least I don't have a case of the shits oh i mean shitvrolet
zellcrs it dose it kinda funny