Dead C6 - Looking for Help
Team Owner
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From: Arizona
As has been indicated, replace the battery. The number of times you've "driven" it in the past 10 days is not the quesiton, how long you drove it each of those times is. It takes close to 30 minutes of driving to restore the battery back to full charge. If you only took a couple of short hops it will likely leave the battery with less charge than when before you started it. With an A4 DBS in its true form is not likely the culprit.
If that were the case I'd have been dead in the water many times the last few years. I have proven you can short hop this car for years without a problem by driving almost the same short distances almost every day since Oct of '04. In fact since Dec of '98 if we include the C5. 2 miles to work. 1 mile to gym. 2 miles home. Very little else. Very rare trip. Not enough fun!
Of course if you only drive once a week or once every 2 weeks you'll need more drive time to fully recharge.
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10 volts at rest is definitely a dead battery and probably a shorted cell. A shorted cell could keep a jump from working, it has happened to me in another car.
Get a new battery. These cars are hard on batteries and it does seem to happen all at once. Not like the old days when you could notice them getting weaker and had a chance to buy a new battery before the old one died.
Try an Optima or one of the new Sears platinums. The platinum has worked well for me. See this thread I started, http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1885004
Get a new battery. These cars are hard on batteries and it does seem to happen all at once. Not like the old days when you could notice them getting weaker and had a chance to buy a new battery before the old one died.
Try an Optima or one of the new Sears platinums. The platinum has worked well for me. See this thread I started, http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1885004
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Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Thousand Oaks CA
Dead no more...at least for now!
Well thanks to all who have offered thoughts and advice as well as those providing great tips via Private Messages.
Replaced the battery this morning with an Optima Yellow Top 34/78. Ended up using the same anchor on the new battery as the ACDelco OEM...was suprised slightly that it offered the strongest hold to the battery tray.
Have only encountered one issue. When I started it the first and second times, I heard to very audible clicks coming from the engine compartment--again, not the relays--but there were no other "abnormal" sounds. When I started it the third time and every time since I have not heard those clicks.
So I'll see how this battery treats me, and if it happens problems continue within the wiring harnesses I suppose I at least eliminated one item from the troubleshooting checklist.
Thanks again for everyone's help!
Replaced the battery this morning with an Optima Yellow Top 34/78. Ended up using the same anchor on the new battery as the ACDelco OEM...was suprised slightly that it offered the strongest hold to the battery tray.
Have only encountered one issue. When I started it the first and second times, I heard to very audible clicks coming from the engine compartment--again, not the relays--but there were no other "abnormal" sounds. When I started it the third time and every time since I have not heard those clicks.
So I'll see how this battery treats me, and if it happens problems continue within the wiring harnesses I suppose I at least eliminated one item from the troubleshooting checklist.
Thanks again for everyone's help!
8th Gear
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Tampa FL
I just had the same problem in my 2005, to the letter. Replaced old battery with new Die Hard. Still have the same problem. There has got to be something electrical that is messed up. My option is to have it towed to the dealer.
Team Owner
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From: Arizona
If you have '05 manual you could have DBS (dreaded battery syndrome) and need the BCM (body control module) reflash at the dealer. They should know what to do there.
8th Gear
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Tampa FL
Weird, let the car sit most of day and out of frustration I went out and tried to start it. Worked fine, runs great, no further problems to this point. Mine is an automatic. I would guess that if the battery gets just a little low you got problems. Waiting a couple of hours after you install a new battery must have something to do with the electronics i.e; letting everything reset. Heck, I was just happy and logged it off to FM!
