Have you had a battery tender on it or any other charger over winter?
I also garage my Celica for the winter, in less cold (especially this year) Indiana. I put mine on a trickle charger a few times over the winter, but not as much as I should have. My battery did not survive. It made it MOST of the winter, but one day I went out and didn't get more than a few clicks, and it would not take a charge after that. I had a spare battery that had also been sitting for awhile, but it did take a charger, and so I was OK after that (well...I say that, but it's been awhile since I drove the car since the weather got snowy again after that, so I guess we'll see).
Anyway, start with the battery. Do you have access to a charger? I wouldn't trust a parts store - their chargers may in fact say "bad battery" but often times, you can re-invigorate them if you keep trying, or have an older charger. Most newer chargers have safety features that shut off the charging if it isn't making good progress. I had one that I had to start the charging process over & over about 6-7 times before the auto-shut off stopped and finally put a charge on.
Good luck. If you need to buy a battery, Rural King has good prices, and from my experience, the batteries are decent (the battery that sat for about 2 years that is currently in my Celica was from there).
I also garage my Celica for the winter, in less cold (especially this year) Indiana. I put mine on a trickle charger a few times over the winter, but not as much as I should have. My battery did not survive. It made it MOST of the winter, but one day I went out and didn't get more than a few clicks, and it would not take a charge after that. I had a spare battery that had also been sitting for awhile, but it did take a charger, and so I was OK after that (well...I say that, but it's been awhile since I drove the car since the weather got snowy again after that, so I guess we'll see).
Anyway, start with the battery. Do you have access to a charger? I wouldn't trust a parts store - their chargers may in fact say "bad battery" but often times, you can re-invigorate them if you keep trying, or have an older charger. Most newer chargers have safety features that shut off the charging if it isn't making good progress. I had one that I had to start the charging process over & over about 6-7 times before the auto-shut off stopped and finally put a charge on.
Good luck. If you need to buy a battery, Rural King has good prices, and from my experience, the batteries are decent (the battery that sat for about 2 years that is currently in my Celica was from there).
