floridavet
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Just curious if anyone more knowledgeable than me has any ideas on what is wrong with my CX5. I live in a smaller town so most the mechanics are closed for the weekend but I'm going to take it in Monday.
Background history I replaced my battery in January 2017.
Car has been great it is a Cx5 (2015) with 50k miles. Yesterday my wife goes to start it after work and the electronics turn on inside but it won't start. One of her coworkers pushes in the fuses in the cabin (which I don't think made a difference) but the car then started and she drove home. This morning I get in and it starts. I make a short 5 minute drive to the store, pick up some things, and drive back no problem. About an hour later I go to get back in the car and it won't start (but all the electronics inside work). Hmmm. I jump start it and it works fine. Drive it around for 30 minutes and stop at Advance Autoparts to see if the battery is bad and needs to be replaced. It tests good. They even take it out, charge it all the way up, test it again and it tests fine.
They put the battery back in and I notice the power locks aren't working (they won't unlock the car but will lock it and that is true of the interior ones and the key fob). I drive it the 15 minutes home and then turn it off. I try the power locks one more time and hit unlock and they automatically click back and forth a few times and then work. The fob works now as well. I tried starting the car again after turning it off and it worked. We will see if it starts up when I try to go out in a few hours.
The guy at AA said it is probably the alternator. Does that sound right? Thanks.
Background history I replaced my battery in January 2017.
Car has been great it is a Cx5 (2015) with 50k miles. Yesterday my wife goes to start it after work and the electronics turn on inside but it won't start. One of her coworkers pushes in the fuses in the cabin (which I don't think made a difference) but the car then started and she drove home. This morning I get in and it starts. I make a short 5 minute drive to the store, pick up some things, and drive back no problem. About an hour later I go to get back in the car and it won't start (but all the electronics inside work). Hmmm. I jump start it and it works fine. Drive it around for 30 minutes and stop at Advance Autoparts to see if the battery is bad and needs to be replaced. It tests good. They even take it out, charge it all the way up, test it again and it tests fine.
They put the battery back in and I notice the power locks aren't working (they won't unlock the car but will lock it and that is true of the interior ones and the key fob). I drive it the 15 minutes home and then turn it off. I try the power locks one more time and hit unlock and they automatically click back and forth a few times and then work. The fob works now as well. I tried starting the car again after turning it off and it worked. We will see if it starts up when I try to go out in a few hours.
The guy at AA said it is probably the alternator. Does that sound right? Thanks.