I'm getting tired of the battery problems! For the past 2 years, the battery will simply and suddenly go dead. OK, twice I left the back hatch up overnight, and once the regular door wasn't firmly closed. Last year it happened several other times for no reason and I had the battery replaced even though the dealer said it was OK and I had no problems until this August.
Then it happened several times again for no reason and they checked it again finding no problem. I started keeping a boat battery in the car. Now it has happened again 3 times in 2 weeks. But it's always when its been sitting in the garage for 2-5 days! A battery shouldn't discharge sitting in a garage for that short a time.
I usually need to go somewhere immediately, so I've previously jump-started it from the boat battery. Yesterday I put my good battery-charger on it. The charger as a display that shows the percent recharged. It started at 13% and got up to 70% in a few hours. And it stayed there for the next several hours!
I turned it off overnight and started charging it again this morning. It was down to 50% already! And it stayed there. There HAS to be something wrong with the battery. OR something wrong with the charging system. Yet it seems to charge up when I drive it, because I never have a problem starting the car after a shopping trip. I drove the car to the dealer today for a battery check and a charging system diagnosis. I'll bet both check out OK.
I FEAR there is an intermittent short causing the battery to discharge. Those are miserably difficult to find! I KNOW I'm not leaving a door ajar, because for months, I've been standing there until the interior lights go out, showing that everything is shut tight.
Well, I should find out something tomorrow when the dealer calls.
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Hopefully the dealership can figure it out for you. After years chasing a similar battery discharge in a Miata that no one could pin down, I got one of these: http://www.prioritystart.com/. It was great to get off of an airplane at 11pm and not wonder how long it would take to get a jump in a dark parking deck. It doesn't fix the root cause, but you won't get stuck!
How very very frustrating. Nothing is worse than a car that doesn't work!!
I disagree with Mariodacat. What's worse than a car than doesn't work is a car service dealership that won't acknowledge that there's a problem and commit to fixing it.
Megan
Sydney, Australia
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