Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:04:51 GMT From: steph <Stephnopsamatico.ca> Subject: Re: Battery died on 2000 model
Have you checked for a parasitic draw? Open to ground through the alternator? This is way too premature for battery failure, but it is a shitbox. What brand of battery was this? Steph On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:26:10 GMT, "Ed Korsberg" <nobodynopsamere.net> wrote: >This weekend my battery died. When I went to start the car >there was not enough charge to turn the engine over. I then >tried jumper cables and seemed to have a good connection but there >was still not enough charge to turn over the engine. > >So I replaced the battery and all is well. >The alternator and charging system are in working order. >Up until it died I had no indication of any degradation of battery power. >Is this common failure mode for batteries? > >Ed. >