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Car Forum / Oldsmobile Cars / December 2005Please!!!!! Help
I'm a disabled,53years old,woman and I just bought a car. 94 olds Ciera, 6 cyl. It had some tires replaced and battery charged and was good to go, or so I thought. After driving it for about 3-4 days, it sat for 1-3 days. I attempted to go to the store and got in and it would not turn over, no power of any kind. I even checked to make sure the battery was still there. So, I thought it was a bad battery and got it replaced. So, it good and 1-2 days later it's doing the same exact thing again!!!!! Can someone help me to figure this out? Thanks > I'm a disabled,53years old,woman and I just bought a car. 94 olds Ciera, 6 > cyl. It had some tires replaced and battery charged and was good to go, or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and 1-2 days later it's doing the same exact thing again!!!!! Can someone > help me to figure this out? Thanks One simple possibility (I've done it on my Ciera) is that one of the map lights on the bottom edge of the inside rear view mirror has been left on. Can be hard to tell they are on depending on outside lighting conditions. Have you had the alternator tested ?? It may not be re-charging the battery. -reed What would I need to do to the map light, take it out? I kinda wondered about the alternator. It will completely drain the battery with the car parked? Thank you Reed > What would I need to do to the map light, take it out? I kinda wondered > about the alternator. It will completely drain the battery with the car > parked? Thank you Reed The map lights, if on, can just be turned off by the switches on the front lower edge of mirror. Normally a defective alternator won't by itself "drain" a battery, but will not recharge the battery as you drive. --reed On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:42:48 -0500, the world eagerly held it's breath in anticipation awaiting "Renjulie" <rpuzzlesme@aol.com> to finish writing: >What would I need to do to the map light, take it out? I kinda wondered >about the alternator. It will completely drain the battery with the car >parked? Thank you Reed Only if it has a shorted diode, the main reason would be to insure that it is charging the battery. You could drive for awhile on a fully charged battery that isn't being recharged, but the computer and radio would easily finish draining it. Before that, check that things like the trunk and glovebox lights are not staying on all the time. If not, that could easily drain the battery after a day or 2. 88CSC --- Now I did find that my map light was on and turned it off. If I get a jump will that do or should I get it charged completely? Thank you I hope that is all it is. > Now I did find that my map light was on and turned it off. If I get a jump > will that do or should I get it charged completely? Thank you I hope that > is all it is. Try a jump start and run the car for 1/2 hour without any electrical drain ie headlights. That should do it. Make sure whoever jumps the car gets the connections correct Black=negative and Red= positive. Getting them reversed is a big NO NO. Good luck. |
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