Dead battery and starter?

[philippo]

I woke up with a dead battery, had it charged and now has power but won’t crank! Do i replace starter?

 

[Mogwai]

Start by swapping the battery in key fob and check/tighten ground wire off of the connector to neg batt terminal. When you get in and put foot on brake pedal does the green ignition light come on? (Before you actually hit the button to turn it on)

 

[philippo]

It did turn green and I heard a tiny crank from the starter with the recharged battery. Will try the fob battery change now

 

[Sandroad]

A dead and then recharged battery will require 2 pushes of the start button to get the engine to crank.

What killed the battery?

Sometimes (often) a dead battery means a dead battery. Are you sure the recharged battery has any oomph left? That tiny crank you heard might mean the battery is really dead and won't take a charge.

And, as noted above by @Mogwai , clean and tighten the battery cable connections

And-and, don't replace the starter yet. Do all the battery stuff first. That's almost always the problem.

 

[Markuson]

Good advice up there...
In similar experience, an iffy terminal connection can light up the dash, but then fail on the big starter draw.

If all the dash lights up for you, it’s probably not the fob.

Radiator, water pump and starter are the big-three expected failures in the fist 99-150k miles or so.

 

[philippo]

Thanks guys, I did everything you suggested, went back to autozone to verify the charge (12.6) tightened everything and push started twice and viola! It started!!! Will update as the week goes!