Q: Battery continuously dies but on random occasions

asked by on March 04, 2017

I've been having problems with batteries in my car continuously over the past 4 months. The first time it died, I just jump started my car and got it working about, I just assumed I left my lights on or something. Then about a month after that the same things happens but I have a battery tester which told me that the battery was dead and needed to be replaced. I get it replaced about a month ago and have been regularly driving my car with no problems or changes. I was driving home today and turned off my car and noticed that I couldn't lock my door, I checked and the battery is completely dead again. The battery tester says the battery needs to be replaced again. I have no idea how this happens the batteries I use are the stock Motorcraft batteries from the Ford dealer.

My car has 169000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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