Dead battery Help
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Originally Posted by Hoonose
Somethings not right!
I had 3-4 DSB episodes over the last year and a half, and have yet to replace my original Delco, so it's probably not the strongest. I travel 2 miles-1 mile-1 mile (and that's it) day after week after year, and I have had no DBS or dead battery in a year. Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe it's our generally warm climate that saves me.
I had 3-4 DSB episodes over the last year and a half, and have yet to replace my original Delco, so it's probably not the strongest. I travel 2 miles-1 mile-1 mile (and that's it) day after week after year, and I have had no DBS or dead battery in a year. Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe it's our generally warm climate that saves me.
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by d_bravo33
Are most of the problems with 3LT's? Have the less complex electronic packages been any less prone to battery failure?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/poll...pollid=1500354
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by davelw
My 06 MN6 did the same 2 weeks ago. Had only been sitting for 1 week; went to start it, and it was completely dead. Charged the battrery myself for a full day, and it restarted ok. Since then I have parking in reverse to see if that helps. If it happens again, I guess I'll go witha Priority Start setup.
Last edited by Hoonose; Mar 5, 2006 at 11:59 PM.
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Originally Posted by Hoonose
Polls on '06 battery failure shows significant failure rates for MN6 and A6, the specifics have not yet been looked into much. That may be a good next step.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/poll...pollid=1500354
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/poll...pollid=1500354
In my other poll, we had a good number of people who switched batteries and had no further problems.
Melting Slicks
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I lost my C5 battery because my trickle charger was not grounded well enough. C5&C6 are very difficult to find a GOOD ground. Did you go straight to the terminals with your trickle charger? I have had 0 problems when I grounded straight to the battery. My charger has a high speed flicker when fully charged. I ran a small plug out of the hood on passenger side. plug charger in the plug for garage door opener. Takes 2 seconds to plug in. I had 2 c5s both were totally dead if they sat 2 weeks. I decided to solve it myself.
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From: W. Fenwick Delaware
Originally Posted by Hoonose
Parking in reverse should have to bearing on '06 MN6 battery failure. Have the car and battery checked if it happens again.
Anyway, after a lengthy ride today, she should be fully charged up. I'm gonna be traveling for a least a week; so she'll sit, we'll see what happens in a week or so.
