Q: When I shut off my vehicle after driving it for an hour or more it won't immediately start back up. At first, it will just click a
When I shut off my vehicle after driving it for an hour or more it won't immediately start back up. At first, it will just click and even a jump start won't start it right up. I have to wait anywhere from 10-30 mins for it to finally start. This will only happen if it's driven for a certain amount of time, which I think is around an hour or so. When this first started happening a few weeks ago I didn't know this information at the time and the dealership wasn't able to find anything wrong with the vehicle. I'm going to be traveling from Arizona to Washington in a few days and want to make sure it will be safe to travel that far without damaging the car.
My car has 117000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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