Hello everyone,

I've searched high and low but have found nothing on this issue that I've been having. Just a couple of months ago, I was about to leave a parking lot, backing out and then my car makes two clicking noises. Shows low fuel sign and dead battery sign. Then shuts off. When I try to start it, it cranks over but won't start. It sounds like I have run out of fuel but I had about half a tank left (or a little less than that, but I had plenty of fuel left!). I did a quick fix and disconnected the negative battery terminal to restart the car, waited about 10-15 minutes and then it fires right up after connecting it again. About a week goes by and the same problem happens again as I'm backing out of a parking lot. Again, I had about half a tank left. I do the same quick fix and then I'm on my way. This has happened at least three more times within the past couple of months but I haven't found a permanent solution. I thought it only happened when backing out but it has happened when driving about 5 minutes down the road, and even just down the road from my house a couple of times. Has anyone had this happen to them? Got any ideas on what it could be?

I'm not sure if this helps but at the beginning of last year I had replaced the spark plugs, but they were the wrong ones. They were meant for a regular gas car. Months go by until the mechanic finally figures out that the car needed iridium spark plugs and that's why the car kept dying. We replaced the spark plugs with the right ones and the car drove just fine for about a year. Now I'm having issues again.

Thank you in advance to everyone who can put in their two cents!

 

Maybe a bad battery?