Problem with Battery!!!Help
12-11-2006, 12:52 AM
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Problem with Battery!!!Help
Ok so basically I have had three batteries this month so far.....The first time i thought it was just a bad battery so i changed it.....a week later i go to drive it and nothing...i cant even get it jump started......so we changed the battery again....Well i havent been driving my car at all lately...its been 2 weeks since we change the battery and i have driven it once....I go to turn it on and nothing again....cant get it jump started....so something is killing my battery when my car is not running becasue i took each battery to advanced auto parts and its dead everytime....What is wrong?
12-11-2006, 12:57 AM
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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help
sounds like an alternator to me. Did the batteries hold their charger at Autozone? If not, then they've evidentally had a bad batch of batteries. Get an optima and be done with it. Of course if your alternators bad, then no bad will help. Check corrosion onthe terminals also.
12-11-2006, 01:00 AM
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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help
sorry i forgot to mention...i had the alternetor checked and its good....the guy at my shop said its possible the G.E.R.M but i dont know what that stands for....he said to get to it hed have to take the dashboard off....this is pissing me off
12-11-2006, 02:04 AM
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RE: Problem with Battery!!!Help
You have a wonderful thing called a parasitic drain. Usually can be very simple to find and fix.... or not.
Could be something as simple as a realy stuck in the 'on' position. What you'll have to do is find out the current draw on the battery when the key is off and you have everything off in the car. Then you start pulling fuses and see when it drops. When the current drops when you pull a fuse out, you have just found the problem circuit.
Could be something as simple as a realy stuck in the 'on' position. What you'll have to do is find out the current draw on the battery when the key is off and you have everything off in the car. Then you start pulling fuses and see when it drops. When the current drops when you pull a fuse out, you have just found the problem circuit.