Q: Something is draining the new battery

asked by on October 05, 2016

My dad replaced the alternator then battery in my car, We hooked the car up to a battery charger again, for a couple of days. When I got in the car, initially it drove fine, then, same day, it hesitated to start, but started. Next day It drove for about a block, then would barely accelerate, then died. I had it jumped repeatedly, but car would barely go forward, then it would die. Had it towed home, back on charger. Starting so far, but afraid to drive anywhere. We cant seem to pinpoint why the car wont hold a charge.

My car has 146600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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