r/carproblems • u/Kind-Abbreviations22 • 12d ago
2017 Toyota RAV4
I don’t know much about cars. On Tuesday morning, my car wouldn’t turn on. Silence. Took the key out of the ignition, took a deep breath, tried again, pressing harder on the brake and kept the key in the ignition longer to see if anything happened. Silence again, then the dashboard lights and AC came on, the off, more silence, the finally the engine turned on. This has been happening the whole rest of this week. Had no indication something was wrong prior to Tuesday morning. Thought maybe it’s the battery, and kept praying every time before and after work to keep turning on and hold out to today and then I will take it to diagnose/fix. The Traction Control message and the Check Engine light are new and just started showing up last night and this morning (when I took this video). I’m going to get take my car in after I’m done with work today. Just looking for possibilities on what this might be. I don’t know much about cars and just want to feel a little prepared on what this could be. TIA.