Electrical issue??

[Raque Thomas]

Thanks for the input, John. I went to Auto Zone at lunch today, they said the battery and charging system both checked out OK. So I'm stumped - will see how it does on the way home after additional charging - although, I would think 40 miles at highway speedswould have done a sufficient job.

[ZEUS]

I have had numerous Optima batteries go bad after being run down. Optimas seem to be notorious for going to shat after being discharged. Make sure your Optima is still under warranty, then take it back to where you bought it, demand a replacement if it is warrantied. Keep in mind, Auto Zone recharged mine and said it was fine the first time it happened to me, but the battery would not hold it's charge. That is why I was able to get a replacement at the time - back then Optimas had 5 year warranties though. Why would they lessen the warranty? Hmm...

[etlsport]

yea a buddy of mine has a red top in his civic and 2 cells died on it, he had it tested where he bought it and they told him to get a new alternator because th battery wasnt the problem...reading through the scan gauge he only had 7V when the engine wasnt running! after we showed them that they replaced the battery and all his problems were solved