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hawgman · 12-16-2006, 02:28 AM

If by "constantly discharging" you mean that the battery goes dead after the car sits for a week or two, then it is quite possibly related to the amps on the skipper stereo system. Pretty common problem, been happening since the S197s came out. If you do not turn the radio off before you shut the car off, it will continue to power the amps resulting in a dead battery. But it will take a couple of weeks for the battery to go dead. Search function here resulted in 5 pages of results for that problem.

If you mean something else, like he can jumpstart the car and drive it somewhere, turn it off and it won't start because of a dead battery, then it could be a couple of different things. Most obvious would be that the battery has sulfated and will no longer accept a charge. Has the car thrown any CELs?

12-16-2006, 02:28 AM	#4
hawgman I ♥ Acer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,225	RE: DEAD BATTERY PROBLEMS......... If by "constantly discharging" you mean that the battery goes dead after the car sits for a week or two, then it is quite possibly related to the amps on the skipper stereo system. Pretty common problem, been happening since the S197s came out. If you do not turn the radio off before you shut the car off, it will continue to power the amps resulting in a dead battery. But it will take a couple of weeks for the battery to go dead. Search function here resulted in 5 pages of results for that problem. If you mean something else, like he can jumpstart the car and drive it somewhere, turn it off and it won't start because of a dead battery, then it could be a couple of different things. Most obvious would be that the battery has sulfated and will no longer accept a charge. Has the car thrown any CELs?