rabrooks

So I think my new battery (4 months old) is toast. I thought I'd share my issues to see if there's something I should look at before I replace the battery.
09 Z06, new duralast battery. It would hold a charge for about two weeks before I had to recharge it. This weekend, I tried to start the car. It clicked a few times and went completely dead. I kept the battery on trickle charge with a Battery Tender for three days with no change.
I assume the constant recharging did the battery in.

But, is there a relay or a resettable circuit breaker that I should check. I have looked in both fuse panels and all looks ok as best I can tell. I checked both the battery fuses under the hood and they are good.
Thanks
Roger

RicK T

Yup. Battery time.

Did you really mean "94 months old"? Typo, right?

Is there a reason you don't keep the Battery Tender on it all the time? A "tender" won't, or shouldn't, ruin a battery. My '08 has been a tender for 6 years if not driving. The battery is still strong but I'll probably replace it this year or next.

saplumr

What else would you need to look at other the the number 94 and word months in the same sentence?

rabrooks

I fat fingered that one. I meant 4 months. The battery tender has been on other cars. I was using my regular battery charger. As of this past Saturday, that charger died. It's possible, it was part of the problem. I probably won't share that info with Auto Zone.

rabrooks

Edit, I fixed it. Couldn't find the shift key in my current state of mind.

ant21b

Get a load tester from harbor freight tools and load test the battery after charging up battery with a known good battery charger. This will determine where your problem is.

rabrooks

Problem solved. The battery was dead. It was a new battery from Auto Zone. They replaced it with no problems. It never held a charge very long from the start. I guess that should have been a sign.
Cheers