Re: Battery drain on '87 5kS

[Roadside Attraction <honge@creighton.edu>]

> Anyways, back to the '87.  Yesterday we were using it to jump start another
> car (no, not an Audi  :) and the thing would almost die when we turned the
> ignition on the other car.  It didn't even have enough power to start the
> other car.  And the night before, we hooked up a battery charger to fully
> charge the battery, hoping that might do the trick.  Well, in the morning
> it started right up, and we drove to work, but a few hours later I went out
> to start it and...you guessed it - clicking noise.
> 
> Anyone ever had this problem before?  Could I be looking at possible
> alternator and/or starter repairs?  Let me know if any of you have any
> ideas.  TIA...

My '89 Toyota Camry had the same problem. The battery was spanking new 
(Sears DieHard) but has tendency to die on very next day (they even 
replaced with another new one due to my complaint). No one could ever 
find the problem. After about a month of bugging all the dealers and the 
Sears' people, one dealer finally found the cause -- apparently the light 
in the trunk stays on due to not enough contact on the switch that turns 
the light off. How did they figure that? I don't want to know.

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