Q: slow cranking
Car cranks for 5 seconds before starting in cold weather [3 Celsius after sitting outside overnight] but starts immediatly after turning it off and on again . My battery is 4 years old and i wonder if it needs replacing or if something else is broke.
My car has 240000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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