Carfixer007, How is it that a bad battery suck power if I have tried to start the car by directly connecting the jumper cables from good battery from my Malibu directly to terminal cables on the verano and the verano cables are not connected to verano battery. This didn't work for me either.

An hour ago, I tried to jump start normally after having cables connected and Malibu (good battery) running for half hour and instead of getting repeat clicking when I tried to start, I just get one click.

Because cold cranking amps -- and the "starting and charging" diagnosis guide in my gm lesabre garage manual.

dead battery is a common problem when weather gets cold. My battery usually last only 3-5 years so I've decided to start buying higher quality.

Most autoparts stores will test your battery to see if accepts a charge and then charge the battery for you at no cost.

For my issue, the first thing I did was disconnect the battery. Then I checked all of the connections at the starter and battery and grounds -- clean and tight of course. Then I had the battery replaced. Then I checked the cables, then the starter was that last thing.

Because cold cranking amps -- and the "starting and charging" diagnosis guide in my gm lesabre garage manual.

dead battery is a common problem when weather gets cold. My battery usually last only 3-5 years so I've decided to start buying higher quality.

Most autoparts stores will test your battery to see if accepts a charge and then charge the battery for you at no cost.

For my issue, the first thing I did was disconnect the battery. Then I checked all of the connections at the starter and battery and grounds -- clean and tight of course. Then I had the battery replaced. Then I checked the cables, then the starter was that last thing.

Sounds like you have a voltage problem somewhere. At least measure what you have at the battery with everything hooked up and the jump vehicle running.
How many volts do you have across your battery? Keep it hooked up and try starting it while observing the voltage. What happens?

From this I gather that the Malibu battery was in the Malibu when you did this, and that the Verano battery has been completely disconnected. If so, the I have to assume there were jumper cables involved. Really really good jumper cables might give enough power for this to work well. Normal ones usually don't.

If you really mean that you took a known-good battery out of the Malibu and installed it in the Verano with tight connectors then that changes things . . . and I'd possibly suspect the starter is bad.

Jumper cables don't conduct near enough power to start many cars. Your car is a 2017 and I haven't heard that it has ever had a replacement battery since the factory. If the battery is as old as the car then it is overdue to fail, and cold is often the final nail in the coffin.

It is entirely likely that is has been in pretty bad shape for a while and daily driving has brought it back from the edge over and over for months and you were unaware . . . and the warm weather helped.

Remember: A good battery connected to a vehicle'* battery terminals has lots of metal touching with which to conduct electricity. Jumper cables often only have the metal of little tiny sharp tips of teeth touching. Less electricity and more resistance across this path. Combine with that the quality of the cables and clamps, as well as the length, and whatever is coming from the Malibu battery is greatly diminished.

With a dead battery, the situation is greatly worsened, but I believe carrfixer007 didn't know that you had it disconnected when he mentioned that it sucks the life out of everything.

Thanks for your replies. I had a friend come over with volt meter. He said the battery was fine. He also said the power is getting to starter selenoid . He tried to turn the crank shaft by attaching a socket and getting access to it by wheel well but was unable to turn it. Any ideas now as to what it could be with this information. There is enough oil in the engine and the oil appears good (not cloudy)

No idea.

So the starter is engaging but the engine is seized?
They don't seize just sitting there.