Need Help with Toyota 2000 Avalon won't start

6 months ago my battery went dead on my 2000 Toyota Avalon (58K miles).
I replaced with Sear DieHard battery. In a week or 2 I started to
notice that the door lights flicker as well as the dashboard (odometer
display) and the day lights , the local Toyota dealer told me my
alternator is no good, I replaced the alternator with a remanufacture
one less than half of the new alternator, But the light flickering
did not really go away, I am kind of ignoring it as long as the car can
run. Two days ago in the morning the car wouldn't start, it
won't crank and make no sound at all, I check the battery it is good
(I know because I took it out and used on my other car Maxima and it
started without any problem, I also took the battery to Sear and they
checked that the battery is in good shape) One clue is that if I
used a battery charger to jump start the Avalon, it cranked and
started, so what is wrong with my Toyota Avalon can anyone help ?
Thanks in advance

<wswwong@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1125582094.074983.73230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>6 months ago my battery went dead on my 2000 Toyota Avalon (58K miles).
> I replaced with Sear DieHard battery. In a week or 2 I started to
> notice that the door lights flicker as well as the dashboard (odometer
> display) and the day lights , the local Toyota dealer told me my
> alternator is no good, I replaced the alternator with a remanufacture
> one less than half of the new alternator, But the light flickering
> did not really go away, I am kind of ignoring it as long as the car can
> run. Two days ago in the morning the car wouldn't start, it
> won't crank and make no sound at all, I check the battery it is good
> (I know because I took it out and used on my other car Maxima and it
> started without any problem, I also took the battery to Sear and they
> checked that the battery is in good shape) One clue is that if I
> used a battery charger to jump start the Avalon, it cranked and
> started, so what is wrong with my Toyota Avalon can anyone help ?
> Thanks in advance[/color]

You should go back to the Toyota dealer and explain what you explained here.
There are several possible causes, including a bad replacement alternator,
loose wire or cable, or bad voltage regulator.
--
Ray O
correct the return address punctuation to reply

[email]wswwong@hotmail.com[/email] wrote:
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>6 months ago my battery went dead on my 2000 Toyota Avalon (58K miles).
> I replaced with Sear DieHard battery. In a week or 2 I started to
>notice that the door lights flicker as well as the dashboard (odometer
>display) and the day lights , the local Toyota dealer told me my
>alternator is no good, I replaced the alternator with a remanufacture
>one less than half of the new alternator, But the light flickering
>did not really go away, I am kind of ignoring it as long as the car can
>run. Two days ago in the morning the car wouldn't start, it
>won't crank and make no sound at all, I check the battery it is good
>(I know because I took it out and used on my other car Maxima and it
>started without any problem, I also took the battery to Sear and they
>checked that the battery is in good shape) One clue is that if I
>used a battery charger to jump start the Avalon, it cranked and
>started, so what is wrong with my Toyota Avalon can anyone help ?
>Thanks in advance[/color]

Sure...providing that you jumped it in the usual way (connected
the jump cables to the battery post clamps)...then the problem
could only be that you had a poor connection from the battery
post clamps to the battery...clean 'em up and tighten them tight
and they should work fine.
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

On 1 Sep 2005 06:41:34 -0700, [email]wswwong@hotmail.com[/email] wrote:
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>6 months ago my battery went dead on my 2000 Toyota Avalon (58K miles).
> I replaced with Sear DieHard battery. In a week or 2 I started to
>notice that the door lights flicker as well as the dashboard (odometer
>display) and the day lights , the local Toyota dealer told me my
>alternator is no good, I replaced the alternator with a remanufacture
>one less than half of the new alternator, But the light flickering
>did not really go away, I am kind of ignoring it as long as the car can
>run. Two days ago in the morning the car wouldn't start, it
>won't crank and make no sound at all, I check the battery it is good
>(I know because I took it out and used on my other car Maxima and it
>started without any problem, I also took the battery to Sear and they
>checked that the battery is in good shape) One clue is that if I
>used a battery charger to jump start the Avalon, it cranked and
>started, so what is wrong with my Toyota Avalon can anyone help ?[/color]

You need to start by following the battery cables. I suspect you have
a loose connection somewhere, probably not far away from the battery.