Groceries in the trunk, key turns, nothing. Here is the calm-person version of what to do next.
Diagnose from the driver seat first
Total silence and a dark dash usually mean a connection or a stone-dead battery. Rapid clicking means the battery is too weak to spin the starter. One solid clunk with good lights points at the starter itself. That thirty-second observation tells whoever you call exactly what to bring — and often means the fix happens right there in the lot instead of at the end of a tow.
Quick tips
- LED headlights stay bright even on a weak battery — do not trust them as a test
- Try the spare key; a dead fob battery mimics a dead car on push-button models
- A jump that works but dies again is a charging problem, not a battery problem
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