My '06 Elise wouldn't start this morning. The lights and stereo all work, but when you push the start button, it clicks as if the battery is dead. It's been plugged into the tender all week.
I put a new smaller Odyssey batttery this spring, but have been pretty religious about keeping it plugged into the tender when I don't drive for even more than a day. The indicator lights on the tender have been working, and suggests it's sufficiently charged. I also tried to jump it this morning, though I may not have had great contact to the leads with the cables, but I moved them around a couple times and the car behaved the same way when I tried to start it.
I kind of needed to drive it today, cause my daily driver is sitting at work, with a stripped spark plug threads in one of the cylinders on the head (tough week). But this is why I can't simply run out to the autoparts store to see if a brand new battery would work.
Is there anything else this could be that I am don't know? A common elise "bug"? Is there something between the battery and ignition I should be checking? It's pretty low on fuel, but not THAT low - in case this is helpful information.
Any ideas this morning would be helpful, Thanks!
I put a new smaller Odyssey batttery this spring, but have been pretty religious about keeping it plugged into the tender when I don't drive for even more than a day. The indicator lights on the tender have been working, and suggests it's sufficiently charged. I also tried to jump it this morning, though I may not have had great contact to the leads with the cables, but I moved them around a couple times and the car behaved the same way when I tried to start it.
I kind of needed to drive it today, cause my daily driver is sitting at work, with a stripped spark plug threads in one of the cylinders on the head (tough week). But this is why I can't simply run out to the autoparts store to see if a brand new battery would work.
Is there anything else this could be that I am don't know? A common elise "bug"? Is there something between the battery and ignition I should be checking? It's pretty low on fuel, but not THAT low - in case this is helpful information.
Any ideas this morning would be helpful, Thanks!