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Turbowolf71 · 12-05-2010, 08:56 PM

Anybody have an issue with a dead battery after letting the car sit for a week? It's a daily driver, with the exception that I left on vacation over Thanksgiving week and when I came back the car would not start and I ended up having to call roadside assistance. My car is less than a year old and I didn't think the battery would go dead like that being that it is fairly new. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Could it be some sort of electrical/alternator problem?

buzzy56 · 12-05-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbowolf71

Anybody have an issue with a dead battery after letting the car sit for a week? It's a daily driver, with the exception that I left on vacation over Thanksgiving week and when I came back the car would not start and I ended up having to call roadside assistance. My car is less than a year old and I didn't think the battery would go dead like that being that it is fairly new. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Could it be some sort of electrical/alternator problem?

Must be a electrical problem. I place my car in storage each winter.I get it out approx. every 2-3 weeks & warm it up to operating temperatures.Then I put back in the garage and cover her up nice and warm until another clear day allows me to get her out again and repeat.Did this last year and never have had a problem.No extra charging either.

camaro1 · 12-05-2010, 10:16 PM

my battery went bad after 1yr,

ffrcobra_65 · 12-06-2010, 12:31 AM

I don't drive mine often and weeks go by in between starts, but it always starts at first crank every time.

rally yellow ss rs · 12-06-2010, 01:10 AM

There was a recall to better ground the batteries. It prevents them from rattling loose causing a weak connection to a dead battery.

12-05-2010, 08:56 PM	#1
Turbowolf71 Drives: 2016 2ss Hyper Blue Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 91	Dead Battery Anybody have an issue with a dead battery after letting the car sit for a week? It's a daily driver, with the exception that I left on vacation over Thanksgiving week and when I came back the car would not start and I ended up having to call roadside assistance. My car is less than a year old and I didn't think the battery would go dead like that being that it is fairly new. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Could it be some sort of electrical/alternator problem?

12-05-2010, 10:16 PM	#3
camaro1 Drives: 550+RWHP 2010 camaro Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: wisconsin Posts: 1,588	my battery went bad after 1yr, __________________ 415ci stroker, TVS 2300 Magnacharger, cnc heads, cam, yank ss3200 converter, Kooks long tubes, Bwoody true cold air kit, ZL1 Pump, magnaflow 3" cat-back, lowering springs,BMR control arms and tie rod bars, 3.73 gears, diff mounts, RX can, ADM fuel controller

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