My car keeps dying it is something with the battery but i get the battery tested and they say it is fine and they charge it and my car starts but if i leave the car off with the radio on for even like 5 minutes it drains the whole battery and my car wont start again....could there be anything draining it or any reason to this.... oh and ps the alternator is brand new and works fine also...
2006-08-09 04:07:12 · 7 answers · asked by stiffler 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Save yourself the exasperation and frustration and get a new battery.
2006-08-09 04:10:57 · answer #1 · answered by Dark Light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you wouldn't by chance have a toyota camery, would you? They were bad about the radio shorting internally and draining the battery really fast. If it is a toyota, then replace the radio, cause there also known for starting fires! But if it's not, I would recommend taking the negative battery cable off, connect one end of a test light to the end of the battery cable and the other end to the negative post on the battery. if the test light comes on while everything is off and all the doors are closed. then you have a short somewhere. Start pulling fuses til the light goes out and you'll know which circuit it's on.
2006-08-09 11:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by michael081278 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place an ammeter between the postive battery post and the battery cable. This will show if something is discharging the battery.
2006-08-09 11:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by Tinker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same thing happened to me, so I totally disconnected the damn radio and now its fine. Oh yeah, I changed the battery for a bigger one too, but I didnt want to take a risk so I forgot about the radio forever.
2006-08-09 11:12:15 · answer #4 · answered by alvarito8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check for a hot wire touchig somewhere it could be draining your battery
2006-08-09 11:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by volleyball55morrow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did this problem happen u got the alternator, because it might be wrong type, or not fited properly, or a proplem inside
2006-08-09 11:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by hasan05842 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check all you connections and make sure that they are all properly placed and make sure that none of them corroded.
2006-08-09 12:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋