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KyleJ

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  1. I've checked the alternator and it came out fine. I didn't think it was that from the start, as I was having problems with the car dying while it would just sit there without running. In two days it went from completely fine and normal to stone cold dead. NO power coming from the battery. Like I said earlier, I think there is something shorting the system, possibly in the doors. Any ideas??
  2. Hi everyone, I am new to this forum, as I am a bit stuck on what to do. I own a 96 ES with 173k on it, that i've now had for just over 2 years. I have previously had the car in Cleveland until moving to Chicago last summer. I have never had any problems with the battery dying until this winter. The battery died in November from what I suspected was lack of use due to my lack of driving often and only making short trips around the city, not giving the alternator enough time to charge it back up. Regardless, I replaced the battery and had no problems until the snow came. One day while making a short trip in the snow in december, the battery light started to come on and all the interior lights began to fade. After reaching my destination, I let the car idle for a couple minutes before shutting it off. The car then wouldn't start on it's own, and needed to be jumped. After driving around and charging it up, the battery acted fine for a couple of weeks, including long trips to and from Ohio for the Holidays. After being back in Chicago for a few days and the car acting fine, the car sat for 2 days in the snow before I went to start it, and the battery was stone cold dead. I tried to jump it with a friend's cherokee, however once the cables were hooked up, the cherokee's lights began to dim, and the battery gauge on the dash dropped. This makes me think that the snow has something to do with the problems, and after the battery died died in december, the locks would continually click like they were unlocking themselves while i was driving, and the alarm went off on its own numerous times as the car would sit untouched. All this makes me believe that there is some kind of short in a door switch that is sucking all the power out of the battery, but have no way of testing or fixing it. I took the battery out and charged it, but have yet to try and do anything with it since the snow has virtually not stopped for the last few weeks here along with all the cold and ice. I plan on trying to start it again on a dry day, but those have been few and far between. If anyone has experienced anything similar, PLEASE let me know. Thanks.
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