You could be right, it may not be the battery, but something to consider.
In cold weather the damand on the battery to turn and start the engine is much higher than in warm weather.
Often people buy a replacement battery without knowing what the minimum, "cold cranking amps," rating is for their car. And often there's no sign of any problem. But, when the weather turns cold not having the minimum cold cranking amps is now a problem.
Just as a procautionary measure, you could read the cold cranking amps rating on your battery, and then call any parts store to see what battery is called for as a replacement. This could prove very helpful.
Something else that may be helpful to you.
1. You could check on your battery to see if it is a maintenance free battery.
If it's not maintenance free, you should have the levels in your battery checked. If the levels are low it will prevent the alternator from charging the battery up to its peak level.
I hope this helps.
I appreciate the answer. Now let's see, I did say its is NOT the battery. We have regular maintenance on the car and when the problem first appeared several years ago, we had the battery replaced by the dealer and the problem persisted. They said to leave the car with them overnight so they could try it in the morning. We need our car every day and they said about $500 to replace the starter. I am hoping someone has had the same problem so I can be sure if I spend the money to replace the starter it will fix the problem. But it is definitely NOT the battery, it's pretty new, dealer installed, and tested.
I am very sorry for your troubles and I do hope you get a speedy resolution. We are here to help in any way we can and that's why I tried to provide a number of helpful details.
Please pardon my assumption that you may have overlooked something, but, at the time I responded to your question I had no way of knowing the pain staking measures you have already been through trying to get this issue resolved. Thank you for replying back with more details, hopefully this will help many other users of this service.
Thank you.
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