electrical problem?..or alternator?

[kline27]

ok like 4 days ago i get into my car to go somewhere i put the key in the ignition turn it and nothing happens...i try again and still nothing...and i did not leave anything on inside the car for the batterie to be dead the night b4.
so i get one of my friends to give me a jump...and it starts right up..ok..so i go somewhere turn of my car..come back out later and it starts up without a jump..so te next day i wanna go somewhere else ok so i get in my car turn the key and it starts up..ok..its good all day sun. aug.5 2007 no problems at all...so the next day(mon.aug.6.2007) i go somewhere else starts right up again when i put the key in the ignition...ok so i go whereevr i was going park the car..
come back out 5 min. later..put the key in the ignition and theres nothing at all doesnt even click when i turn the key..ok so i call my friend to give me a jump...ok i go to that persons house and while im driving ovr there..i see my stereo system go out and my rpms drop to 0 but just for a sec. or 2...so i get ovr to my friends house and i decide i had enough of this crap now that it is starting to die while i drive...so we take my friends vehicle to auto zone to get me a brand new batterie ok so i get one go to my friends house put it in...starts right up no problem...ok so we chill for like 2hrs. i go to my car put the key in the igniton turn it and it does nothing not even a clicking sound...just lights in the dash...so he gives me a jump and i leave...so i thought since it was a new batterie that if i drove around for a little bit the alternator would charge it ok i was driving around for like half an hr. go home turn off my car..just to see if it would start up once i shut if off i turn the key to start it up and it is completly dead....this time the lights on the dash are there but not as bright...the thing i dont get is how one day it runs fine and the next its crap?...anyone have advice
on what the problem is...Thanks.

[AVANT]

Change the alternator.

[tashirosgt]

Next time it doesn't start, try running a temporary ground wire from the negative battery terminal to the engine block and see if that helps. If it does, you obviously need to replace a ground wire some where.

What kind of car was this?

[kline27]

1995 corola dx

[kline27]

temperary ground wire...like what??

[retiredat44]

Originally Posted by AVANT

Change the alternator.

Yes.... that's probably it

[Buurin]

Originally Posted by kline27

temperary ground wire...like what??

Like a set of booster cable.

[REN69]

That to me sounds like the battery terminal was lose, or the battery is not charging properly due to the alternator failing.

[kline27]

Ren is right it was just a battery terminal lose..i got it changed and it works good now..