Question(little pre history)
18 months ago thought we had a bad battery. Bought a new one from Autozone. Popped it in and car ran fine for 4 days. Then acted like I had another bad batt. Would jump and run thru a few on/off cycles for a few days then completely dead again. Went back and they gave me another one. Checked the old one, and they said it seemed fine, also took some little device out to the car to test the alt while I turned a few things on and off. Said that was fine. Took the new battery home and things worked fine till 2 weeks ago.
(currently)
Wife went down to the store. When she got ready to leave, remote unlock wouldn't work. Manually unlocked the door, went to start the car and nothing. No lights, no dashboard indicators, not even a click when trying to crank it over. Calls me, I got down with a friend and the car wouldnt even jump. However with the key in the ignition (but not turned) and the driver door open, there was a clicking sound coming from somewhere in the dash. Sounded just like a windup alarm clock. Waited till my father got home, and we went down to take a look at it. He got in. turned the key, car started right up. Radio was back to AM clock resetted etc. Drove it home no problem.
Over the next 3-5 days the car worked great. Didn't matter what time of day it was, it started fine. Then the following day it did it again. Got in went around the corner about 200 feet to dump some stuff from the trunk into the rubbage bin. Got back in and it was dead. Still with the same ticking sound. Dad came over, we poked and prodded, pulled out the manual, pulled and examined some fuses with no luck. Finally we just tried jumping it again, which worked. Got it home. Was dead again the next day, So tore the battery back out took it back up to Autozone which the tested and said it was fine. Put it back in the car and it starts right up. 3 days later it repeats its "play dead" thing, jumped again and then I used the car yesterday all day, with maybe 12-13 stops/starts all just fine. Dear Lord help meh! My wife says to get a priest for this sort of thing....
Answeru have something draining the battery or not charging. Put a batt in get a volt meter and see what the voltage is when u are running it should be 13.4 to 14.4 volts at the battery or the posts. If your charging system is good then u have something draining the battery pretty quick.I live in Atlanta if u need some stuff done.
