Car problem

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

could there be any reason my car keeps dying due to accessories being turned on.. my car is dying.. seems like battery is being drained.. it was goin fine for 8 days and then yesterday i took it for a drive and the only thing i did different was i turned on the heated seat.. tried to start the car today and it was dead.

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[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

Did you uhhh check the battery?

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

Did you uhhh check the battery?

this is actually the 4th time in a month and a half it happened.. first time after it happened i got a new battery.. took it to the dealership after the first 3 times and they found no problems and said it was "possessed"

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Did you uhhh check the battery?

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Might be a dead battery, or your alternator might be dying.

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

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Might be a dead battery, or your alternator might be dying.

i would like to think a certified gm dealership would be able to find bad alternator the first THREE times.. idk what else it could be unless audio related.. but i just thought back to yesterday when it was running fine and the only thing i did diffferent was turn on heated seat

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

anyone else?

 

[tsupra98 10+ year member]

make sure the connections on the batt are clean. also make sure something as small as a light isn't getting left on or the heated seats you said. i'm not sure if they shut off when you turn your car off i've never had then. also what does the batt read when the car is shut off and sitting? and what does it read when the car is on?

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

Maybe you should check the battery?

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

Maybe you should check the battery?

stop saying that please. this has happened 4 times in the last month and i mentioned i took it to the dealer 3 times.. i think they would know if it was a bad battery.. i even got it replaced the first time

 

[tsupra98 10+ year member]

stop saying that please. this has happened 4 times in the last month and i mentioned i took it to the dealer 3 times.. i think they would know if it was a bad battery.. i even got it replaced the first time

ok now how about you answer my questions a few posts up

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

make sure the connections on the batt are clean. also make sure something as small as a light isn't getting left on or the heated seats you said. i'm not sure if they shut off when you turn your car off i've never had then. also what does the batt read when the car is shut off and sitting? and what does it read when the car is on?

connections are clean.. lights arent staying on.. could be a problem with heated seat.. but the light on the button turns off when i turn the car off.. battery has been tested at the dealership it was fine.. dont know the readings tho..

anyways ive seen that people connected their amp remote wire to the accessory(red) wire? i connected mine to the amp remote wire(blue/white).. my factory amp and sub amp are both connected to that wire so there are 3 total under a butt connector.. thats not a problem is it?

 

[tsupra98 10+ year member]

connections are clean.. lights arent staying on.. could be a problem with heated seat.. but the light on the button turns off when i turn the car off.. battery has been tested at the dealership it was fine.. dont know the readings tho..
anyways ive seen that people connected their amp remote wire to the accessory(red) wire? i connected mine to the amp remote wire(blue/white).. my factory amp and sub amp are both connected to that wire so there are 3 total under a butt connector.. thats not a problem is it?

it shouldn't be a problem as long as your amps are shutting off when your deck turns off. it sounds like there is some type of drain coming off your batt when the car turns off just not every time. these one's are always the funnest to figure out.

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

it shouldn't be a problem as long as your amps are shutting off when your deck turns off. it sounds like there is some type of drain coming off your batt when the car turns off just not every time. these one's are always the funnest to figure out.

exactly.. but the third time i took it to the dealership they had it for a period of 4 days and tested for parasitic drain, did charging tests, and they had it hooked up to testing shit to see if the battery was getting drained at all.. it wasnt..they had no problems ever starting it up.. they found nothing wrong and they gave it back to me saying its perfect and my car must be possessed.. seriously he said that..

anyways here i am 10 days later with a dead car.. theres gotta be something that i do that triggers it to drain.. like i said the only thing i did different yesterday was turn on the heated seat.. but i just dont know.. i really dont know what to do because the dealership has no idea what it is and im not very good with cars and this thing only has 84k miles on it.. this is shitty

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

stop saying that please. this has happened 4 times in the last month and i mentioned i took it to the dealer 3 times.. i think they would know if it was a bad battery.. i even got it replaced the first time

Ok well if I were you id check the battery //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Jakeeck 10+ year member]

Ok well if I were you id check the battery //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

lol.. someone mentioned something about me removing my headunit's faceplate.. is there anything related to that that may be causing this?