can a loose battery cause a car not to start? Options

[homebuilder]

Hi,

My car every once in a while will not start. The starter turns over but it does not catch. Then if I wait a while it will work.

A mechanic looked at it when it did this once, he went under the hood saw my battery was not tied down properly, he moved it over hit the top of the cable and it started. Now I do not know if it was him moving the battery or just the normal, wait a minute and it works.

So anyone else have this problem? Anyone think it is the battery?

I plan to secure the battery anyway, but just wondering if that's really the problem.

[Keiri]

no, but loose connections to the battery can.

Home, my car did the same thing (I don't have a battery tie-down) and all the movement and vibration was causing the battery connectors to get loose. This caused the car to not start and act like the battery was dead.

Remedied it by tightening the connectors real well I would suggest investing in a battery tie-down and replacement of the positive battery terminal connector 0 might as well knock them out at the same time.