Q: Battery drain
My battery died. So I charged it. Vehicle started. I drove it around 6 blocks and vehicle started to die. I replaced alternator. Vehicle ran great for 5 days. The next day I went to work, it started good, ran great. Parked it and worked 12 hours. Went to go start it after work and battery was dead. Jumped it and made it home. Pulled in drive way and the battery was draining
My car has 165000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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