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Hey guys, my car won't start. All it does it makes a clicking sound. The only way for me to start it is to hook up a battery charger, which when removed, goes back to clicking. I was told it could either be 3 things. Battery, alternator and or my starter. Any ideas?

Do you have the voltage light illuminated on the dash when it does run?

Does the car run after you jump it and your booster is removed?

No, I didn't see a light come on. It happened when I was on the freeway yesterday, right before my exit. I tried using my turn signals and my lights, but they wouldn't show that i was using them, let alone turn on. And my car would kind of bog down a bit and not want to stay in gear when I was doing these things, so I just didn't use them. I got home and turned my car off, waited a few min and tried to turn it back on but it didn't turn. Just made a clicking sound.

It sounds like you battery is dead, but there may be a reason for it to be dead, like a bad alternator. Unless for some reason the battery simply gave up the ghost.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Gotta wait till Monday to get it looked at. Thanks for the help. I guess I have to put some pics up soon. I was looking at pics on here and some of these Legacy's are so nice. Time to get mine done.

I'd bring both your alternator and battery into an Advance, Oreily, or Autozone for them to test.