Weird battery issue?

[Redseth01]

This has happened twice now and it could be as simple as a dying battery but I'll go to start the car and the dash lights will flash on and then off. When you crank the car again, it wont do anything, as if the battery were dead. But when you physically touch the positive terminal with your finger on the battery, the car makes a sound like something electrical turning on. Also touching the negative terminal won't do anything. I don't have a voltage meter or I would check the voltage on the battery. Has anyone else had this problem before?

[oyajicool]

If it was my car,,,,,
I would wiggle the positive terminal and see if it is loose. Tighten as needed.
If the car is in good mood to start, I will take it to an auto parts store and have them load test the battery.

[DemoDerby112]

Sounds like a loose or possibly cracked battery terminal to me too. After you touch the terminal and hear what I'm assuming is a relay clicking will the car start? Either way see if the terminal will wiggle and if it does tighten it.

[deevergote]

Loose or dirty connections sounds about right.

[Redseth01]

The terminal was tight but a little dirty, I'll spray some corrosion cleaner on there and see if that helps. Thanks for the feedback guys!

[Cb7_Qc]

also check the small ground wire that goes onto the body right next to the battery, i had a similar issue because mine was too corroded and wasnt making proper connection inside the bolted connector itself

[accordztech]

IF it happends again, check the terminal but only wiggle the wire. If you see a spark inside there then there is either a bunch of corrosion inside the wire or a really bad connection or break. If you have aftermarket terminals I see it where the paint on the terminals doesn't allow the wire to have good contact with the terminal. A little bit of sandpaper does the trick there.

Also what some people don't know (and it annoys the shit out of me) is that when you tighten the battery terminals there is the right way and the wrong way of doing it. You have to loosen the terminal and tap down the terminal till it bottoms out on the battery post (you can use a bigger deep socket to help to). The terminals are tapered. Then you tighten it.

I seen it so many times that someone would tighten the heck out of the terminal and its still loose cause they didn't shove it down enough. People wonder why their screw strips, or their terminal cracks...well that's why.

[Redseth01]

After a few days now everything has been fine (knock on wood). I cleaned it off and I guess that was the issue.