1997 Buick Lesabre battery

Tiny
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1997 Buick Lesabre V6 Front Wheel Drive Automatic 147000 miles

my battery isnt staying charged not even enough to drive it so I replaced the alternator and it is still not holding a charge any suggestions?
Monday, December 10th, 2007 AT 4:26 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

The battery may be faulty, if it has a collapsed cell it will be discharging internally. Have a battery load test done, this will prove a fault in the battery one way or the other.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, December 10th, 2007 AT 4:39 PM

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