I had the battery, alternator and starter checked and they are all fine. Car will die on me and then I have to get it jumped off.
2006-12-31 14:54:11 · 17 answers · asked by rkevaphil 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
something draining the battery, trunk light, etc. just pull the pos. or neg. cable off at night and your battery should be good to go in the morning if you can't find the drain problem.
2006-12-31 15:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the tension on your alternator belt. If it's slipping at all, then the battery is getting just enough juice to run lights or give it a tough start, but it isn't getting charged enough to keep it full.
Just taking a shot on this because I had that happen to me with my Mustang. Everything checked out good, but the new belt has stretched a little and I hadn't tightened it. Then it would run for a while and slowly die. Nearly drove me insane.
2006-12-31 15:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by krazykritik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be a dome light or trunk light stuck on also check glovebox light.to checxk for a currat draw unhook positive cable at battery then hook a test light up beetween the positve terminal on the battery and the other ehn of the test light to the cabl the see if light is lit if it is pull fusses 1 at a` time when the light goes out youve found the problem.i have seen good alternators drain the battery
2006-12-31 15:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by bobin35 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything electrical can be draining your battery. what you need to do is disconnect your negative battery cable and install a 12 volt test light in between your battery and your cable. if it lights up you have a draw, make sure key is off and doors are shut.now go threw your fuise panel and remove fuses one at a time until draw goes away. now you know what circuit has the draw check the items for that fuse circuit.if the draw does not go away by doing this it might be your altenator causing draw remove main battery wire from back of altenator see if draw goes away
2006-12-31 15:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by CARTUNEGUY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lights use a lot of power. Do not leave them on with the engine not running. Your battery is old. It may still be holding a charge but it's current probably has diminished. You will need to replace it in a while. You got 9 years service from it and that's a lot.
2016-05-23 01:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though you had the alternator checked, it could still be bad. I would hook up a light in series with the main batt. cable and start pulling fuses. When the light goes out...you've found the drain. If you can't get the light to light...use an ammeter. Good luck.
2006-12-31 14:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by jeff s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like since the alternator and battery are OK, that there's an electrical short somewhere in the system.
2006-12-31 14:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Bill S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the light in your trunk. We had this problem and found out that the light in the trunk wasn't going off so it was draining the battery (who would have thought??). Unscrew the lightbulb if you have to and see if it helps.
2006-12-31 15:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by mJc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi.. i dont know if my answer will be helpfull or not..! but i faced the same problem before.. i checked everything in my car.. finally i discoverd that my car cassette player was drainig the battery...! it had some kind of a short wiring inside which was drainig all my battery without notice...! i hope this helps :)
2006-12-31 15:04:53 · answer #9 · answered by kaboom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have something on despite the switch being off. A low grade short. A hood or trunk light?
2006-12-31 14:56:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋