Hello, this seems like a very odd correlation. I'd recommend some local hands on assistance ensuring that all conditions needed to crank the engine are present.
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“Every time I go to the car wash” ~ that indicates this is an ongoing concern - - so how do you finally get the engine to crank at these times?
One more question - how old is the car battery?