Connection from battery to starter is bad, starter is bad or engine is bad. It's usually not the engine. Start by clearing the connection. If you can get good access to the bendix on the starter, a quick test is to run a jumper cable (the ones you use to jump start the car are great for this) from the positive post on the battery to the battery bolt on the starter solenoid. Clamp it on, take the car out of gear and use a short jumper to connect the keyswitch lug on the solenoid to the side of the jumper cable clamp. Make this jumper by crimping a push-on connector to each end of a foot-long piece of 12-gauge stranded wire. If the car cranks good, just change the cable from the starter to the battery and you're done. If it doesn't work, pull the starter and have it tested.
Could be, (assuming the starter is not cranking the engine) a bad starter, dirty or loose battery connections, the engine is seized.
I would drive it at least enough to keep the battery charged. The battery can actually fail just from not being charged.
The Chevy volt car is an electric car but not fully because the battery only goes for 25-50 miles per charge. After that, a gasoline engine starts and produces energy for the electric battery to run the car. Gas is only used after the battery is run down and can be charged again.
Alternator is defective and is not keeping the battery charged. Or, you have a light or relay that is on pulling power from the battery. Start the engine and check the voltage at the battery with a digital volt meter. You should have 13.5 to 15.5 volts if the alternator is good.
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it indicates that the alternator is not functioning sufficiently to keep the battery charged.
Get a new battery, mine was doing the same thing. No matter how charged it is, youll still need a new one.
The battery ground wire runs from the battery to the engine block.
It is in a black plastic box just below the battery. Between the engine and battery.
Drivers side on front of engine compartment
It is mounted just below the battery. It is in a black plastic box. It is on the engine side of the battery.
Could be a bad battery or starter.