Battery Drained? (1 Viewer)

[Reckless]

So I stop home, eat lunch, come outside and try turning on my car and it won't start. Battery is completely drained. I try getting the other car remote first to see if it was a dead remote and it won't start with second car key. Then I try disconnecting battery terminal and waiting 10 mins to see if it could be the alarm (I had tried to start car with remote start previously from inside the home). No luck, then I hook my 100 into my 200 and try jump starting, no luck. Wait 45 mins and try jump starting no luck. My car has 160k miles on and first time in 40k miles it is giving me trouble that I can remember.

Any ideas?

 

[TexAZ]

use a volt meter and make sure it is your battery.
sounds like the starter could have died.....typical MO. works fine for 140k miles and then just doesn't.
if it is a drained battery, use previously called on meter to check for parasitic losses when the truck is off.

 

[TonyP]

use a volt meter and make sure it is your battery.
sounds like the starter could have died.....typical MO. works fine for 140k miles and then just doesn't.
if it is a drained battery, use previously called on meter to check for parasitic losses when the truck is off.

If he's not getting any power even with one press of the start button without pressing the brake, it's totally dead. Which would be bizarre considering you just drove it.

I'd definitely hook up a multimeter to see where your battery is. You can bring it by autozone or whichever for a free charge. Then start it up and see where your volts are on the multimeter.

 

[DomSmith]

Definitely put a meter on the battery.

If it has good voltage…

Check connections on battery.

Check battery ground cables.

Check connections at starter.

 

[RET2]

Do you have interior lights when door open,do 4 way flashers work?

 

[1MAC]

Is it in Park?

 

[RET2]

Doesn't sound like the battery if even jumping it won't work. Cycle it thru park to neutral and see if that works. What you haven't told us is anything else electrical works?

 

[Reckless]

So, battery starts to charge up but not enough to fully turn the car (could be starter motor?, but I am thinking alternator, according to my ZUS app which measures my battery voltage - it says my battery was good strength for last 7 days. I see a date of 2011 on my Deep Cycle battery which says it has a 42 month warranty. My 100 goes through batteries every 2 years regularly, maybe 200 is similar?

 

[Reckless]

Stupid Question: Which battery do I buy? Do they make AGM/lithium batteries that are recommended for 200?

 

[RET2]

Let me get this straight, you have a battery that was produced in 2011 with a 3 1/2 year warranty and it's now 2017 so you're basically into the 6th year, it fails and you're confused?

 

[gaijin]

If jump starting didn't work, why is it we are focusing on the battery?

 

[RET2]

If i were the OP I would stay away from an all electric vehicle?

 

[Reckless]

Forgive me guys, I'm not a mechanic... I thought its something other than battery. Seeing the age of the battery made me start questioning it. I have AAA so going to tow to my mechanic this weekend. I'm sure he will figure it out properly on Monday but the next issue will be how fast I can get parts with July 4th around the corner.

 

[TexAZ]

Can you nist remove the battery and take it to an autzone, pep boys, oreily and have them check it. Or just buy a new battery, as yours is way past it's time to die. Easy swap and be one the road for the weekend.

 

[RET2]

I hate to say it but have you ever thought about a bus pass?

 

[KLF]

A new cheapo battery from Walmart would be cheaper than what your mechanic will charge, very easy swap, and you're on the road again.

 

[DomSmith]

I hate to say it but have you ever thought about a bus pass?

The guy is obviously looking for a little advice on a topic he's not super familiar with. Cut him some slack.

 

[Sandroad]

A battery that failed suddenly from an internal short could cause the symptoms. But, I'm not familiar with the ZUS app so I'm not clear whether the battery reads good voltage right now? You mentioned a deep cycle battery, so you may not have the stock 27F size in there so I can't offer any advice on what/where to buy. From what I've read so far, I would guess you have a really dead (shorted out internally) battery and that the first thing to do is get a new one in there with clean connections.

 

[chipsterguy]

OP, I had a problem like this that was battery related. i measured voltage at the battery, it was below 12v (maybe 10v?) it wouldnt turn over. it took a considerable charge from a jump before i could get the vehicle to turn over. i replaced the battery with an AGM deep cycle and no problems since then. my battery was about 2 years old. (lexus battery). previous owner went through several batteries. the lexus batteries dont seem to last very long. I reasoned the AGM should serve me well when camping , off the grid, etc. good luck.

 

[RET2]

The guy is obviously looking for a little advice on a topic he's not super familiar with. Cut him some slack.

I think I did with multiple posts as to total electrical failure or just no starter and he failed to respond but kept posting random sky is falling posts. One would think if someone asked for help and got responses that tried to help but were completely ignored it would almost be a trolling situation. That coupled with the build sig? A RW collector? More a situation of trying to get him to respond to start a back and forth to help him. Just trying to inject some levity into the issue.