Q: Hello ☺ so i put in a new battery , vehicle started no problem..however after sitting over night ( all doors shut , radio& lights
I put in a new battery & vehicle started no problem although after it sat overnight ( making sure no lights were on , radio off , all controls off , doors shut etc) it wouldn't even turn over , completely dead..very frustrated. Thank you , Susan.
My car has 146000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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