Q: Bad Battery after long term parking
My car was parked for 4 months and when I came back, the battery need to be jump started. I drove for around an hour after that and have been driving a couple of miles every day in the last week (i.e. for 6 days after the first jump start). However, my car again failed to start.
I am wondering what should I do: (1) Should I drive for very long once? (2) Somehow charge the battery? (3) Replace the battery?
Is there an easy way to test the battery health?
My car has 22 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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