Usually a sign of something draining the battery.
The machine test probably showed the battery could hold a charge and the alternator was charging the battery.
You may need to have someone check for a power drain.
When the key switch is off, there may be a weak short to ground or a relay or component that is using power.
wondering if just a silly coincidence, the rear wiper quit working 6-9 months ago and right before it wouldn't start and battery replaced, I tried to use it and now it's stuck in the up position, cannot budge the darn thing, could this possibly be something that would drain the power?
Yes it is possible. There may be a circuit in the wiper motor that returns it to the park position like front wiper motors have. You could unplug the motor or pull that fuse and see if the battery drain goes away.
we pulled the fuse lil while ago, jumped the car and let run for lil while, turned off, been off now for 3 or so hours, getting ready to go try to start. Will post to let you know if this worked.
I would recommend you check the battery voltage with a meter. Might be tough to know if you ran it long enough, and how long it might take to run down. If battery voltage is not the same overnight you have a drain.
it started just fine, but will try again in the morning after it's set all night
×
SOURCE: 03 chevy silverado, problem with
if the alternater light is not on the battery.probably has a bad cell
SOURCE: My 2006 chevy equinox. won't turn on. When we jump
check tthe distributor module as its a comman fault when they get warm
SOURCE: 2007 hhr. Battery was drained. Mother left lights
your alarm system has been tripped when the battery went dead, to get the information on how to reset the alarm is to call the car manufacture to get the procedure, and should not cost you anything.
SOURCE: 98' Cav.. Drove it to
this sound to me like at first I thought it was a fuse, as the problem went on it shifted more toward a weak cell in the battery, if a weak cell sits for a little while the battery will not hold the charge in that cell and that will cause loss of power, "its charge", in tne other cells. you had mentioned you used another battery and it ran great but when the battery was removed, things went wrong. You may check to see if there is water in your battery
SOURCE: 2007 chevy cobalt ls won't
Ignition relay or fuse could be the problem. When you turn the key to start do you hear a fuel pump kicking on and or do you have spark when you hot wire the starter (I know it's hard to check while trying to start it)? You can email me back and I might be able to pinpoint it more.
3,495 views
Usually answered in minutes!
×