car won't start, battery fine, help!

[desura]

2008 Toyota corolla.

It was working fine. I took a nap in the car. I left the key in the ignition to keep the fans on, but the motor was off.

Now it will not start. All of the electronics work fine and have plenty of power. But when I turn the key, it makes a shuffling sound.

Any idea?

 

[master_shake_]

could be a low battery have you tried to jump it?

 

[iwajabitw]

Battery low, it just doesn't have enough to turn it over.

 

[PottedMeat]

I left the key in the ignition to keep the fans on, but the motor was off.

depending on the setting those things can draw 20+ Amps.

just jump it and drive for ...i dunno 30+ minutes.

 

[twinrider1]

How old is the battery? Jump and run for now, but if that's the original battery then it's time to start shopping.

 

[Pulsar]

You never stop and sit with the fans on. The battery is drained. Charge it or get jump.

 

[tortillasoup]

You never stop and sit with the fans on. The battery is drained. Charge it or get jump.

If OP wants to do this more often, he'll need to replace the battery with a deep cycle variant. Though he'll want to charge the car manually as the alternator could get burnt out from repeated use like this.

 

[desura]

I'm fine now. Left, came back half an hour later and it started.

I was afraid it might be something worse. On most cars I've used low battery, too low to start an engine, was preceded by not being able to use the radio, lights, etc.

Thx all

 

[LTC8K6]

The starter motor needs an enormous amount of current compared to the radio and lights.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Your battery isn't designed to run things like the fan and other electronics for long periods of time without any kind of recharge. You drained the battery, and the battery needed some time to warm up or catch up (similar to how you can have batteries in a flashlight stop working, but shut it off for a few hours and they'll work again for a little while).

I suggest charging the battery at a minimum, and next time find somewhere safer to sleep.

 

[bryanl]

Voltage, no load and under load?