Need Help! '01 S80 battery dead (again) after being parked for a week!
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Need Help! '01 S80 battery dead (again) after being parked for a week!
I have a 2001 S80 2.9, and about two months ago, it was dead after being parked for about a week. Although the battery was only 9 months old, I replaced it (per Pep Boys recommendation, the only place within close proximity to me), and life seemed good.
Fast forward to today - and again, the car was parked for about 9 days, and went to start it up - same thing. Not even a click-click-click - dead as a door nail.
No warning lights have come on to tell me that this is an alternator issue - and when the battery was replaced 2 mos ago, Pep Boys supposedly did a charge test and said everything was fine.
Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Is this typical of an alternator issue - or something else electrical. Just want to have as much info as possible before I go to a car mechanic.
Thanks for your insight
Lisa
Atlanta GA
2001 S80 T6
87,000 miles
Fast forward to today - and again, the car was parked for about 9 days, and went to start it up - same thing. Not even a click-click-click - dead as a door nail.
No warning lights have come on to tell me that this is an alternator issue - and when the battery was replaced 2 mos ago, Pep Boys supposedly did a charge test and said everything was fine.
Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Is this typical of an alternator issue - or something else electrical. Just want to have as much info as possible before I go to a car mechanic.
Thanks for your insight
Lisa
Atlanta GA
2001 S80 T6
87,000 miles
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Lisa, you need to check for a draw on the battery somewhere. If you have a multimeter and know how to use it you can test for this.
Will need a good battery and charge first, then find where the draw is. Easy stuff first, dome light on somewhere, etc...
Here's a quick link that I found on a "google"...
LINK
Let us know!
Will need a good battery and charge first, then find where the draw is. Easy stuff first, dome light on somewhere, etc...
Here's a quick link that I found on a "google"...
LINK
Let us know!
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