No problem so far. But one fine morning, your Toyota Avensis 3 won't start more or has trouble starting. What is annoying is that you never fully understand where the malfunction comes from. Since it is already too late for your appointment, find a time to identify the malfunction. We will see through this file what will be the most common causes and how identifier.
Your Toyota Avensis 3 battery is discharged
This is without any doubt the most frequent dysfunction, and probably the most basic to troubleshoot. Your headlights of your Toyota Avensis 3 will be left on all night, the pilot in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, or simply the ignition on, etc. Everything that can consume electricity while the engine block is off could be causing the problem. However, this also happens if the battery turns out to be very old, or even alternator. In order to see if the battery of your Toyota Avensis 3 is discharged there is a super convenient way. If the headlight stays on low, it means that it is a battery malfunction! However, if the headlights work properly, it shows that the malfunction comes from elsewhere. In order to fill the battery, you probably know how to do it, and you need to think about systematically having cable in your car. This remains as possible as the thimbles of the battery be oxidized. Then just open your hood and check if they are dirty. Then you can remove the dirt with a brush. Assuming it doesn't work, you will need to replace the battery.
The starter of the Toyota Avensis 3 is worn
This happens less often than a discharged battery, however it can still happen from time to time. In order to discern what you need to do you will need to know what a starter is for on your Toyota Avensis 3. There is a kind of engine inside the engine. Its role is different because it is completely electric. It is he who drives the engine, and the electricity required for its activity comes from the battery. To make it work again it will be enough to give several small strokes above so as to separate the coals in order to leave the electricity circulate.
The engine of your Toyota Avensis 3 is flooded
Hopefully this is not the case. Sometimes it is still possible to start your Toyota Avensis 3, but it also happens that the engine remains permanently broken. It’s something that happens especially when it’s cold. Generally, you will be able to spot it when we try to start and we feel a strong gasoline smell. You just need to wait around twenty minutes and the malfunction will be fixed. On petrol cars it is also conceivable to remove petrol in the spark plugs nevertheless it is a cons contraindicated for novice mechanics.
Conclusion
If your Toyota Avensis 3 never starts, it could come from a electric problem and less frequently of a engine problem. You now have keys to discern the dysfunction, if in spite of everything it still does not go away, you are invited to go to a professional, They're here for that ! Be careful and have a good ride.