C6 Corvette General Discussion General C6 Corvette Discussion not covered in Tech
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

2005 Battery Drain Issue

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 08-04-2016, 07:24 PM
  #1  
Jartanyon
Racer
Thread Starter
 
Jartanyon's Avatar
 
Member Since: May 2013
Location: Chicago IL
Posts: 414
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default 2005 Battery Drain Issue

My dad has a 2005 and recently had a problem with battery drain. The car was put in reverse before it was shut down just like every other time. This time, however, it sat for about a month and when he came out to start it, the battery was completely drained (as in 4% left on an Odyseey battery). The only thing we could come up with is that the heated seat light is burnt out on the driver side and maybe that was on, but I dont see how that could even remain on or drain the battery that low. Any ideas?
Old 08-04-2016, 07:54 PM
  #2  
wayback
Team Owner
 
wayback's Avatar
 
Member Since: Aug 2006
Posts: 22,997
Received 2,887 Likes on 1,910 Posts
C6 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019

Default

Charge battery and have it load tested. Then use a battery maintainer. C6's are hard on batteries when they sit for extended time.

Look at Ctek here
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-chargers.html

Last edited by wayback; 08-04-2016 at 07:57 PM.
Old 08-04-2016, 09:10 PM
  #3  
cclive
Team Owner
 
cclive's Avatar
 
Member Since: Mar 2008
Location: Southern Utah
Posts: 21,506
Received 435 Likes on 372 Posts
Default

After a month it would be normal for the battery to be dead. If any light was on, the battery would be dead much sooner than a month. If you plan on leaving it for a long time, I agree with the above...a tender is a requirement.
Old 08-04-2016, 09:15 PM
  #4  
COMMANDER2OOO
Melting Slicks
 
COMMANDER2OOO's Avatar
 
Member Since: Dec 2013
Location: Akron Ohio
Posts: 2,237
Received 218 Likes on 173 Posts
2017 Corvette of Year Finalist
2016 C5 of Year Finalist
Default

Originally Posted by wayback
Charge battery and have it load tested. Then use a battery maintainer. C6's are hard on batteries when they sit for extended time.

Look at Ctek here
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-chargers.html
YUP

Get notified of new replies

To 2005 Battery Drain Issue




Quick Reply: 2005 Battery Drain Issue



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:02 AM.