:D Thank you for all of your advice. My friend's boyfriend is a certified mechanic and used to work on her Matrix all the time. He came over yesterday and between him and my husband, it was the starter. Put a new one in and it has started without issue. I have learned that googling car problems is m...

Hopefully it will be something easy and not so expensive. I keep googling and seeing other issues that it could be. Like the ignition switch or ignition control module. Guess we just need to work back from the battery as suggested. Thank you for all the help and links.

Yesterday, my husband came to check it out. When he was just a few blocks away, I went out and popped the hood. I also "dusted" around the battery. Just for the heck of it, I tried to start the car. It worked. Called my husband and told him. I turned it off and turned it on again and kept ...

Thank you for the quick response. Honestly, I'm not sure how old the battery is. I bought it in September 2012 but haven't replaced it. So it could be quite old. The temps are in the 30s or so and over nights have dropped into the 20s. I only needed to turn the key once, but it seemed to have a slig...

Good Morning, We were out of town over the Christmas holiday. After sitting for over a week, when I started my 2003 Vibe on Monday, it seemed like it needed a couple seconds to start. Seemed fine that day and Tuesday. Let it sit on Wednesday. Hopped in it today, Thursday, and again seemed to need a ...