I have a 2013 Abarth and pretty recently I've started running into battery issues.
About 2 weeks ago, I got in the car, tried starting it, all the lights came on but it wasn't triggering the starter.
The battery is new, Feb 2023, I checked the fuses, cleaned the terminals, and thought it was the clutch switch, but it wasn't. After getting it recharged at AutoZone the car started up just fine and has been running for 2 weeks. I had AutoZone run their electric systems test and everything passed.
Today I get in the car and the battery is pretty much dead. Turn the key and lights won't even turn on. The only weird thing is the gauge cluster is making a noise, like the MPH needle tries to move and it flutters in place for a second and stops... Then it repeats this over and over again.
The car is stock, aside from a modification the previous owner did to swap out the head unit with one that can better connect to newer phones.
Any idea what the issues might be?
About 2 weeks ago, I got in the car, tried starting it, all the lights came on but it wasn't triggering the starter.
The battery is new, Feb 2023, I checked the fuses, cleaned the terminals, and thought it was the clutch switch, but it wasn't. After getting it recharged at AutoZone the car started up just fine and has been running for 2 weeks. I had AutoZone run their electric systems test and everything passed.
Today I get in the car and the battery is pretty much dead. Turn the key and lights won't even turn on. The only weird thing is the gauge cluster is making a noise, like the MPH needle tries to move and it flutters in place for a second and stops... Then it repeats this over and over again.
The car is stock, aside from a modification the previous owner did to swap out the head unit with one that can better connect to newer phones.
Any idea what the issues might be?