Q: Help, my car won't start.
So lastnight i went to a friends how even though my battery light turned on i made it but lights were dim i left it to charge and came back the next day grabbed the battery (fully charged) connected my car back up and didn't want to start no lights from the dashboard won't turn on headlights work and power door locks work too but won't start help me please
My car has a manual transmission.
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