SO i started my car using remote start. it started fine...i went right out to leave. put it in reverse and the car died on me. tried starting again and it wouldn't start at all...It seems like the battery is dead!?! but i drove it last night no problem and it started fine the first time...the only thing i could think of is that its around 9-12 degrees out and i didn't let it warm up much. I was just wondering if this happened to anybody else thanks

 

No it's not because you didn't warm it up enough. Something broke. As the battery had enough power for the first start, it would be able to start again.

Often it is due to bad connections at the battery or the ground wires. Or the battery could have failed internally. I've had one work perfectly one minute then it was open circuit, completely dead, the next time I tried to start.

 

OH no...its an optima battery too! i hope its not the battery...so your basically saying it is the battery though right?

 

Check the voltage right at the battery posts, if it is less than 12 volts then the battery is dead. Take the battery out of the car and attempt to recharge it, then have it load-tested to be sure.

 

I wouldn't jump straight to saying the battery is bad. cars can act weird sometimes when its that cold out. might be the alternator, or a number of other problems. Try jump starting it first before you start jumping to conclusions

 

well i figured it out...its a loose ground connection on the starter...i remember the guy who sold me the car that it happens sometimes...Well this is the first time in a year it happened.