ok so i tightened my +/- battery charges earlier today cause they were loose, and i just went out to buy some food and i started my car and it would start then die. Anyone know what it can be i need my car to start i got work in the AM!! help me figure this out, and what it can be

 

How many times did you try and start the car? Are you sure the battery connections are tight? When you start the car does it start right away or does it crank over slowly than start?

 

i just started it a couple of times right now, it starts up but feels like its struggling to stay on.

 

Let it idle for a bit...may need to relearn for some odd reason. Is the Check engine light on at all?

 

check engline light is not on but my e-brake like stays on, VDC stays on, and my Slip stays on. Yeah i let it idle for a bit its weird cause i drove to get pizza turned the car off then went i started it thats when it died the first time luckly it started back up but once i got home i turned it off again and tried to turn it on and it died but its starting now but like i said idle jumps up to 1200 then goes down to like 400 which is weird.

 

Well that could be a numerous amount of items from low brake fluid, to faulty sensors. You can try to unplug the battery for an hour or so than reconnect it to see if the errors go away. Check the brake fluid, and verify that nothing is unplugged around the throttle body. Did you recently do any other service on your vehicle. Why were you looking under the hood in the first place?

 

well my slip,vdc,brake lights been staying on for awhile i just never had anytime to try and figure out why. So i just decided to make sure everything we plugged in, intake sensor is plugged in, well now the battery charges are tightened. Now it just got worse =(

 

ok if those lights have been on for a while than check your brake fluid level.

 

i will do. So what to do about my car feeling like its gonna die.

 

could be some sort of small vaccum leak if its struggling to stay on..

 

so i guess i cant make it to work dammit! my car started up fine i let it idle when back inside the house and came out and it was idling so slow like if possible at 200rpm.

 

sounds like your alternator is bad, an the car has been driving on battery only. The battery is probably drained since it hasnt been charged. Is you brake and battery light both on?

 

either alternator or the MAF sensor came unplugged randomly

i started my car without the maf plugged in, and the car ran, but not well! it had allt he same symptoms as you are having.

 

yeah well ima clean my TB and and make sure everything is plugged in and tightened, while doing so ill change my oil and fill up all my fluids hopefully something is just loose.

 

I say maf.