Two blondes messed up my car - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

CamryMax · 05-31-2004, 10:12 PM

Yep.. what the title says.

I was at the park playing v-ball with some friends, and let these two girls go sit in my car coz they were cold, so... i didnt even think they'll be messing with it... well instead of turning it to accesory, they turned it to ON, or what ever (without starting the engine) so car was like that for couple hours, then when I got back I berally started it, it ran really rough, and the thing is my Check Engine Light is on now.
Anything I can do about it? How do i fix it?
Car seems to run ok now, but it still got troubles with starting..

Thanks

chronoti · 05-31-2004, 10:18 PM

your batter needs to be recharged or replaced. some times when they run really low then never get back that full charge they had and need to be replaced quick, like people with big sound systems that kill their batterys in 2 min because their not smart enought to leave the engine on. just reset the ecu to remove the light, either remove the neg on the battery or pull the fuse for it

SmokingTires · 05-31-2004, 10:23 PM

You need to recharge it well. Next time you start it up, run it in neutal for a bit. Keep it around 4,000RPM for a few min. Make sure it is running on full.

CamryMax · 05-31-2004, 10:44 PM

Ok thanks guys, I hope I won't have to buy a new one. I'll check it out tomorrow.

alex · 05-31-2004, 10:55 PM

either that or keep an automatic battery charger put on it for a while.....that will keep it topped off and do whats best for the battery

i have one of them.......it works like a champ

SKYravefever · 05-31-2004, 11:24 PM

You better got something out of it!

It just needs more juice perhaps. How old's the battery?

Wibbit · 05-31-2004, 11:46 PM

yeh hope you gave them a good spanking!

....blondes will be blondes

***2wickedtoyz*** · 06-01-2004, 07:48 AM

the batt. could be out dated but if your going to get a new one get an optima yellow top

Erbe · 06-01-2004, 07:51 AM

mayb jump it and have the car run for a while

SmokingTires · 06-01-2004, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by alex
either that or keep an automatic battery charger put on it for a while.....that will keep it topped off and do whats best for the battery

i have one of them.......it works like a champ

I wouldn't run a charger on it unless it is totally dead. Otherwise, it establishes the point you started at as it's dead point. And that shortens battery life.