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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Default battery Dead.. What could be wrong??

left car (2001)sit for 4 days ...after long trip .. come back to start nada no go..battery has beeen replaced a couple of years ago..

Do you think that the battery may be shot?
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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ever heard of test equiptment
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by korvette4u
...(snip)...Do you think that the battery may be shot?
Quite possible, but you need to test it to be sure. The following contains some good info on the proper way to test a battery:

CAR BATTERY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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check to see if the vanity light in the sunvisors are not turning off
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Same EXACT thing happened to me last week.

Original AC/Delco,(2000) dead as a doornail, AND it JUST started leaking!!!


Tossed it immediately, and put in an Optima Red Top!

BTW : Car is fine, no problems
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Sounds like battery. Have it checked out. I wouldn't be apt to replace it with a red top as members here have had problems with them also. I would look at the new Sears or Delcos as they have a four year free replacement battery and most of ours go out before the four years. I just got one and I don't envision ever having to buy a battery again.
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pull the battery and get it down to AutoZone or NAPA and get it checked
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Originally Posted by patton
ever heard of test equiptment
DAH yu's the man...PATTON...new battery installed!

i guess what i want to hear was some of the problems that were encountered by others And thier solutions......
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