Battery dies when parked for a week.

[Anonymous]

Your car is just trying to tell you that it's pi55ed off that you've ignored it that long.

Don't over analyze it. Leave that to the chicks in your life. :lol:

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

my car does the same thing.. tried the test light and nodda. One day I'm gonna try a multimeter and check it that way, but on what setting, milliamps? And what should be in the normal range??

I thought mine was the alarm so I completely unhooked it and still didn't solve it. I cleaned all the positive connections on the battery, alternator, starter and ground. I haven't left the battery hooked up in fear of killing my optima.. it killed the other brand new big *ss battery.

I'm gonna look into the alternator but how do you check that? My other thought is it's in the column since the key needs to be on and has a push button start maybe somethings keeping the ignition on??

 

[coolAl357]

dead battery

could be a bad cell, or buy a battery mount shut off. Mine used to die because the electric fan kept running too long. Hope this helps

 

[LS6 Tommy]

my car does the same thing.. tried the test light and nodda. One day I'm gonna try a multimeter and check it that way, but on what setting, milliamps? And what should be in the normal range??

You need a multimeter capable of reading DC Amps. hook it up between the negative terminal of the battery and the ground wire. With everything off it should read 0 or very low amperage draw, like maybe for the clock or the radio memory. I would guess it shouldn't be more than about .5 DCA for them.

Tommy

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

thanks Tommy..

now how can I check the exciter in the alternator without killing another battery?

 

[LS6 Tommy]

thanks Tommy..

now how can I check the exciter in the alternator without killing another battery?

If it were me, I'd get lazy & take it to Autozone. Pep Boys, Sears, or whatever your preferred local parts house is and let them test it. I got rid of my old growler years ago. :lol:

Tommy