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Old 03-08-2017, 06:20 AM   #2
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Re: 98 Cavalier won't start

I think you read the multimeter wrong because I almost guarantee you have a dead battery. The ABS and airbag light, along with the battery light indicate a charging problem meaning your alternator likely went out and then killed your battery. Also a battery is not going to have 15 volts sitting static.

Something else that may be happening is your terminals could be corroded. I have ran into issue where the car all of a sudden acted like the battery died and wouldn't even start jumping it. Once I pulled the terminals off and cleaned all the contact points up it fired up without issue.
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