Something may be draining the battery

Feb 22, 2021
3:56:50pm

Belboz Truly Addicted User

I had a bad relay once that caused compressor for AC to run even when car wasn't running.

I replaced the relay and my issues went away.

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Belboz

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My daughter's car keeps needing to be jump started. New battery purchased very

osbooks

2/22/21 3:43pm

Alternator maybe?

Lance71

2/22/21 3:45pm

Alternator maybe. How old is the car?

Blueto

2/22/21 3:45pm

Use a multimeter to measure the voltage at the battery posts. If while running you get a reading less than 14 volts, you

Pimpin4Paradise

2/22/21 3:50pm

I'm going to add one more thing to this that just came to mind. It's possible (though far less likely than the things I

Pimpin4Paradise

2/22/21 5:00pm

Corroded battery terminals? He should have checked that and cleaned them though

byusage

2/22/21 3:50pm

Have your alternator checked. It's almost certainly that

Adrielle

2/22/21 3:52pm

I'm not a mechanic but it has to be one of these 3 things in my opinion.

JAGA97

2/22/21 3:53pm

I'd say alternator except for the fact that a mechanic didn't mention that.

ochobeeguy

2/22/21 3:55pm

Something may be draining the battery

Belboz

2/22/21 3:56pm

What kind of car? Son's car did that for a month - turned out radio had a fault

Gibbcoug

2/22/21 4:08pm

Bad cell in battery

kapcreations

2/22/21 4:25pm

Bad battery if > 2 years old. Then bad starter > 5 years old (plus more)

kapcreations

2/22/21 5:10pm

next time it doesn't start, also try putting in Neutral and starting

kapcreations

2/23/21 1:12pm

Sometimes you can get a bad battery.

kccougar

2/22/21 4:41pm

I had a Saturn that would do that. It would run fine then just

ByuImaginesDragons

2/22/21 5:19pm

Thanks for all the replies. Its a 2007 Hyundai Accent. She said the mechanic

osbooks

2/22/21 7:42pm

Is the stereo the original or a install? Sometimes installs can have a phantom

Blueto

2/22/21 8:34pm

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