What made my car go completely dead?

IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU LEFT SOMETHING ON, SUCH A DOOR CRACKED OPEN OR SOMETHING DID TURN OFF, LIKE A HOOD OR TRUNK LIGHT (OR EVEN MORE COMPLICATED STUFF). THIS WOULD BE CALLED A PARASITIC DRAW.

BEFORE YOU GET INTO ALL OF THAT, TAKE YOUR RIG TO A POPULAR AUTO PARTS STORE AND HAVE THE BATTERY AND CHARGING SYSTEM TESTED, WHILE STILL IN YOUR CAR. AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE, NEW STUFF CAN GO BAD, OR EVEN BE BAD, RIGHT OFF THE BAT! GOOD THING IS, YOUR BATTERY MAY STILL BE UNDER WARRANTY.

SOME NEWER CARS SORTA GO CRAZY WHEN THE COMPUTER DOES NOT GET THE CORRECT VOLTAGE. GAUGES GO WILD, ETC. IT'S KINDA LIKE "IT'S MIND IS SET", JUMPING OR CHARGING DOES NOT FIX IT

WHAT DOES FIX IT, IS REMOVE THE BATTERY, CHARGE IT OR GET ANOTHER FULLY CHARGE ONE AND INSTALL. THE KEY THING IS REMOVAL, SO THE COMPUTER WILL RESET, AND INSTALLING FULLY A CHARGED BATTERY. ON TOP OF THAT, YOUR ALTERNATOR AND CHARGING SYSTEM, MUST KEEP IT CHARGED, ONCE IT'S RUNNING.

LET ME KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE AUTO PARTS TEST (NOT YOUR BUDDY, WITH A VOLTMETER) AT THE AUTO STORE, IT WILL BE LOAD TESTED, SOMETHING FEW "REGULAR JOES" CAN DO.

WE WILL INVESTIGATE PARASITIC DRAW, IF NEED-BE, IF YOU RETURN WITH A FROWN

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