Engine and battery lights are on but won't start!

[abhorsen84]

My whole trip home was a nightmare! Check engine light and battery light are good. Something sounded like a blender under the hood (water pump?), and now it won't even turn over most of the time when I started parking and it died. The battery just over a year. Engine toast, or something salvageable? Any advice before I call the tow truck again?

 

[dr3]

Okay let's start from the basics first, try checking your batt terminals, maybe they might just be corroded.

 

[kEvinkOsner]

I suspect it's your starter. Did you check it?

 

[abhorsen84]

I'm guessing corroded terminals or dead battery. The belt isn't slipping, but the car won't crank most of the time. Occasionally, it will crank for a second or two then die. I've even tried jump-starting it from my diesel for a whole hour, but no luck. While the water pump might need replacing eventually, that shouldn't stop it from starting, right?

 

[Boy_Cortes]

How is it now? What was the cause?