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stormhawk911
06/15/2009, 1:00PM
About: 1984 Buick Riviera
dead battery x 3

what could be killing my battery?

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Chase257
06/15/2009, 1:24PM

how old is the battery?

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stormhawk911
06/15/2009, 1:48PM

The battery is approx 4 mos old...my husband got a new one and had a friend look at it and it appears that one of the wires (they say it's the alternator wire) wasn't hooked to the battery. They did that with a plastic electical end cap. Does that sound like it may have been the problem??? The car did start up right away after that. My concern is that it'll happen again and I'll get stuck somewhere!

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Chase257
06/16/2009, 11:37AM

the alternator wiring was the problem then.  you will be fine

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