My son has a Dodge Neon. Over the past year we have replaced the battery, alternator and starter and it still leaves him sit if he doesn't use the car every or everyother day.
My son has a Dodge Neon. Over the past year we have replaced the battery, alternator and starter and it still leaves him sit if he doesn't use the car every or every other day.
He is a college student that relies on his car, what are options that I can have our mechanic look at next?
could be a bad battery shorted out failing under load...wont hold a charge..have the battery tested...if thats ok....then you have a bad draw something sucking the juice out of the bayyery,,, or both a bad abttery and a draw... if you check draw as pictured ..look for 1 volt or less showing on the meter with everthing off (power/key)
Get a Cheap digital meter ($5 bucks at Harbor freight) Put the meter on DC amps (10 A fused connection) Remove the red + wire then put the meter in series with the Positive battery terminal and red wire ... the number on the display is in amps .. if it's anywhere near 1 amp ( less than 1 will have a decimal point like .5 is point 5 or 1/2 amp) then on a 70 AH battery it will take 70 hours to completely discharge a battery. After you determine the current draw ... go the the fuses and pull one fuse at a time out. Once you see the meter go to a very low reading ,, Eureka!! You found the problem (or at least isolated it)
So I have a 2002 dodge neon and the car has been sitting for 3 years cause it could not driven the tran had to be replaced and I did that ad car is running should I trust the engine
