Dead Battery Need Advice !
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Drifting
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From: Hudson Valley Area New York
Dead Battery Need Advice !
My car is dead and don't know why . I used it on Sunday and I guess either me or my daughter left something on. This is the first time this every happened ! What is the best way to get it started ? I had the whole engine compartment redone with covers for everything painted beautifully !
Melting Slicks
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From: Brea CA
well...
fyi, there is really no way to leave something on.. the computer shuts it off for you after a little while... but... the cars do eat batteries.. so... you need to drive it a lot, or use a tender...
Safety Car
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From: Loveland CO to Central Coast CA
Have you looked in your owner's manual under "Jump Starting"?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
Have you looked in your owner's manual under "Jump Starting"?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Edmonton Alberta
my knee bumps the interior light switch lights once in a while getting out....and go back hours later to a dead car....get it boosted and go purchase a trickle charger and have someone show you how to hook it up...Good luck
Pro
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the ac delco battery is crap, i just replaced with an Optima Yellow top battery from autozone.
the ac delco would die on me if i never drove the car for more then two weeks.
if you dont drive the car for weeks at a time, the best thing to do would just be to disconnect it.
the ac delco would die on me if i never drove the car for more then two weeks.
if you dont drive the car for weeks at a time, the best thing to do would just be to disconnect it.
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Drifting
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From: Hudson Valley Area New York
Have you looked in your owner's manual under "Jump Starting"?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
See pg 6-53 in the online version:
http://www.gmpartshouse.com/download...10corvette.pdf
And you need to find out what killed the battery, or it's likely to happen again.
BTW, I'm curious: How do you open those doors with a dead battery?
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Drifting
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From: Hudson Valley Area New York
I just find the whole thing strange as I never had any signs of a weak battery or trouble starting it. It really sucks wanted to take a ride today before the bad weather comes !
Drifting
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From: Marshall, Missouri
That should not happen. The computer will cut all power to lights, radio, etc., after the ignition has been shut off for about 10 minutes or so. I have intentionally left the courtesy (map) lights on just to check this and it shuts them off every time.
Safety Car
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From: Loveland CO to Central Coast CA
You use your key that is hidden in the fob. Insert it into the key hole just under the center rear near the open hatch button. You then find the pull cord hidden in back of the drivers side wheelwell inside the hatch compartment. The drivers side door opens and presto you're inside. Ask me how I know that. Of course you could read the owners manual but.....you already knew that, right?
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Drifting
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From: Hudson Valley Area New York
I just found out that my onstar service will come out and jump it OR I also have chevy roadside assistance 5 years or 100,000 miles . Either one will come out to help me . Any suggestions which one would be better ? Thanks
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Drifting
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Luckly I happened to notice lower mirror lamps were illunminated, didn't turn off after 30 or so seconds as it's supposed to. Really hard to notice illuminated interior lamps in broad daylight. Worth checking, might be the source of the drain.
Otherwise batteries once one's draned dead they never return to normal following a recharge. IMO you'd be better served getting a new cell. Naturally, finding the power drain will prevent this happening, again.
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Drifting
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Make extra certain push botton lower left side on dash by left leg (controlling light interior lights) wasn't inadvertently pushed in. Lousy design, easy to do. Did it myself while portering the interior once.
Luckly I happened to notice lower mirror lamps were illunminated, didn't turn off after 30 or so seconds as it's supposed to. Really hard to notice illuminated interior lamps in broad daylight. Worth checking, might be the source of the drain.
Otherwise batteries once one's draned dead they never return to normal following a recharge. IMO you'd be better served getting a new cell. Naturally, finding the power drain will prevent this happening, again.
Luckly I happened to notice lower mirror lamps were illunminated, didn't turn off after 30 or so seconds as it's supposed to. Really hard to notice illuminated interior lamps in broad daylight. Worth checking, might be the source of the drain.
Otherwise batteries once one's draned dead they never return to normal following a recharge. IMO you'd be better served getting a new cell. Naturally, finding the power drain will prevent this happening, again.
Melting Slicks
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From: Surprise, Az
Onstar would probably be easiest, just push the button on the mirror...
One statement from above comments in regards to AC Delco batteries being crap - I and many others have had great service life from them. They are reasonable in cost and can be replaced at the dealership. I just replaced the battery in my '06 Denali with an AC Delco, cost was $118.
Once the battery dies like that, if properly recharged you should be okay for a couple of more years (yours is a 2010?) but most likely you have shortened its useful life. Sulfur likes to collect on lead plates when the battery discharges and cuts the electron exchange. This process happens naturally over time but is accelerated when the battery is allowed to deeply discharge. The small battery chargers you see advertised and have been discussed frequently in this forum work well enough. I use one called a Battery Tender Jr and given enough time and patience, will bring up a discharged car battery (these are typically sold for motorcycle applications as the charging amperage is so low), they are made my Deltran.
One statement from above comments in regards to AC Delco batteries being crap - I and many others have had great service life from them. They are reasonable in cost and can be replaced at the dealership. I just replaced the battery in my '06 Denali with an AC Delco, cost was $118.
Once the battery dies like that, if properly recharged you should be okay for a couple of more years (yours is a 2010?) but most likely you have shortened its useful life. Sulfur likes to collect on lead plates when the battery discharges and cuts the electron exchange. This process happens naturally over time but is accelerated when the battery is allowed to deeply discharge. The small battery chargers you see advertised and have been discussed frequently in this forum work well enough. I use one called a Battery Tender Jr and given enough time and patience, will bring up a discharged car battery (these are typically sold for motorcycle applications as the charging amperage is so low), they are made my Deltran.
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Drifting
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From: Hudson Valley Area New York
Onstar would probably be easiest, just push the button on the mirror...
One statement from above comments in regards to AC Delco batteries being crap - I and many others have had great service life from them. They are reasonable in cost and can be replaced at the dealership. I just replaced the battery in my '06 Denali with an AC Delco, cost was $118.
Once the battery dies like that, if properly recharged you should be okay for a couple of more years (yours is a 2010?) but most likely you have shortened its useful life. Sulfur likes to collect on lead plates when the battery discharges and cuts the electron exchange. This process happens naturally over time but is accelerated when the battery is allowed to deeply discharge. The small battery chargers you see advertised and have been discussed frequently in this forum work well enough. I use one called a Battery Tender Jr and given enough time and patience, will bring up a discharged car battery (these are typically sold for motorcycle applications as the charging amperage is so low), they are made my Deltran.
One statement from above comments in regards to AC Delco batteries being crap - I and many others have had great service life from them. They are reasonable in cost and can be replaced at the dealership. I just replaced the battery in my '06 Denali with an AC Delco, cost was $118.
Once the battery dies like that, if properly recharged you should be okay for a couple of more years (yours is a 2010?) but most likely you have shortened its useful life. Sulfur likes to collect on lead plates when the battery discharges and cuts the electron exchange. This process happens naturally over time but is accelerated when the battery is allowed to deeply discharge. The small battery chargers you see advertised and have been discussed frequently in this forum work well enough. I use one called a Battery Tender Jr and given enough time and patience, will bring up a discharged car battery (these are typically sold for motorcycle applications as the charging amperage is so low), they are made my Deltran.
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Accidents happen, as I said many of us have done this.
Now I'm very careful portering, so if/and or when I see those lights on again for an extended period of time? I'd automatically know what happened. So will you.
Betting OnStar calls Chevy RSA, just cut-to-the-chase & call roadside.
OnStar's value is mainly, not always, if one's away from home when something like this happens. That'd be when I use mine, otherwsie call dealer & let them take it from that point forward.
Good luck, Shelly.
You could be good to go in plenty of time for that cruise.