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Hi, my car died while driving. I put a new starter in it 2 months ago. It has 12 volts at the battery. So the battery is good. I don't know what's wrong with it. It won't crank back up.


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Posted by: @j1983

It has 12 volts at the battery. So the battery is good.

Incorrect. The battery and alternator need to be load-tested.

12 volts at no load is not even the correct voltage for a fully-charged standard-type car battery, it should be at least 12.6 volts. At 12.2 volts it would be 50% charged. At 12.0 volts the battery is less than 25% charged.


Thank you. I can't remember exactly off the top of my head. It was reading somewhere around 12.4 with no load.


It had a new fuel pump put in a couple of months ago.


It's a 2011 toyota corolla. Could it quite possibly be the crankshaft position sensor


The crankshaft position sensor would not stop the starter from cranking, it would just prevent the engine from firing. No-load testing of a battery does not tell you enough about its condition. As I said you really need to load test the battery and alternator as a first step.


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