A couple months back in the summer considering I live in Canada I’ve had problems with starting my vehicle. It has been getting gradually worse and worse. I believe my block heater blew off or pull out or ripped. But roughly around this time my vehicle has been getting worse and worse to start. And especially in the winter time around -25 - -30 Celsius. In the summer my vehicle would get harder and harder to start as if it feels very sluggish and has no power whatsoever. And after a few days my battery would go dead. Or wouldn’t be charged fully to be able to start again. Now around this time of the year. When its cold my battery dies over night and it is nearly impossible to start it with a booster pack or start up helper pack. Even connecting booster cables to boost it. It turns over very very slowly while me holding the key and take up 30-45 seconds to start when it’s getting boosted from another vehicle. After I have gotten it started I have driven over 3-4 hours constantly no stops. And when I go and turn the car off and run into a store or turn it off. And go to start it back up again it will not start. And there is barely any crank. And my dash lights flicker and it starts clicking. I have no clue what this could be or if anyone has had the same issue. I have did those tests to see if you have a bad alternator and starter but things don’t seem to be that. But I have not tried replacing them or the battery. Cause I’d like to rule it out more. But have no clue where to start.

 

Start by replacing the battery. Sounds like it's not holding the charge. There's always current draw on the battery when the car is off from the security system and key fob receiver.