In article <opGdnWGOSeV1MS7bnZ2dnUVZ_hynnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Keith Stelter" <keith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> My 1997 Sebring Ragtop has recently acquired an odd problem.
> Normally it's fine, but about once a month I get in it and the battery
is
> dead.
> I can jump it and it's perfect again for weeks, and then it will do it
> again. It's completely random, I've checked everything like dome lights,
> console lights, etc. that could be causing the draw on the battery. I
know
> that bad diodes in the alternator can cause this, but they would do it
all
> the time. Anyone else every have this problem with their Sebring?
> It's one of those problems that's nearly impossible to fix because it
> doesn't do it with any regularity.
> Thanks in advance for any advice!
I suspect an intermittent short in the battery.
I even had this happen some years ago with new Sears Di-Hards. They had
a bad batch of batteries and I went through 3 new ones in a few months
before getting one that was OK.
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