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Old 01-22-2013, 02:40 PM   #1
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Car battery sometimes dies.

Three times now, I've had the car battery get so low that I could not start. The first time, I had it towed to the shop. They couldn't find anything wrong with it, and just recharged the battery. The second and third times, I waited 15 minutes and the battery charged itself and the engine was able to start.

Apparently, something is causing a parasitic drain on the battery, but it only happens sometimes?? What could it be? I have a 2010 Forte. I know my door was not ajar or anything like that.
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Old 03-05-2013, 06:25 AM   #2
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Re: Car battery sometimes dies.

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Three times now, I've had the car battery get so low that I could not start. The first time, I had it towed to the shop. They couldn't find anything wrong with it, and just recharged the battery. The second and third times, I waited 15 minutes and the battery charged itself and the engine was able to start.

Apparently, something is causing a parasitic drain on the battery, but it only happens sometimes?? What could it be? I have a 2010 Forte. I know my door was not ajar or anything like that.
Disconnect the ground wire battery charged. Use a volt meter put between the ground wire and battery terminal. After under dash lights go out pull a fuse at a time until you find the one with the drain. Reply back when you find which fuse has the problem.
Any thing over .2 volt.look for.
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