I went to a Honda dealer to check out a CR-V the other day. I tried opening the rear hatch but couldn't because, according to the salesperson, the battery was dead. She explained that the car had been sitting in the showroom for the past month without being started, and so the battery lost all it's juice. She brought in one of those portable car chargers, connected it to the battery and everything seemed to work, lights came on, car started, rear gate opened, etc.
The car is new, but an '07, and not a new '08, so I assume it had been sitting in the showroom for quite a while, probably for longer than the one month she claimed. However, it is still a new car with only 34 miles on the odometer.
Is it normal for a brand new car's battery to lose all power after a few months of idleness? Is it possible someone used one of the electrical ports to charge up a cell phone or laptop, and drained the battery? Is the battery bad, or is it an indication of a larger electrical issue?
2007-10-11
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