Noob at Electrial Issues - Where to Start - Battery

[kvc]

Originally Posted by jsoto

In addition, picked up the car about 3-5 weeks ago from the bodyshop and I'm fairly certain, the battery went flat, as when I picked it up , all the presets were gone. I suspect since the time of the bodyshop, the battery may not have been ~topping off~ since then.

Body shop (panel beater) 101: "When working on a customer's car and the doors are left opened for extended periods of time, ensure you have a trickle charger connected to the vehicle's battery".

Perhaps you should return to your body shop and ask the question, claiming your battery is now stuffed as a result?

[StephenVA]

Most batteries can handle one or two hard discharges in their life (Drained to 9.5 volts) and have a 50/50% chance of coming back to full charge and hold. Other crap out and NEVER come back again.

Most shops pull the battery posts loose, but I would bet as this one is the trunk under 2 ft of stuff, they never opened the trunk. One or jump starts and off it went over the curb never to darken their doors again.....

[jsoto]

Note to self or fellow others...buying a battery non locally can be a bear of a chore...I have a Odyssey AGM battery and there was not a dealer nearby for support.

Long story short, I ended up paying for a advance exchange from my original dealer, and will get refunded the NET once I send the core back.Out on shipping but it is what it is

[jsoto]

AHHHH....u know that feeling u get when you've had issues and have been putting it off. Finally got all the ballast, projectors, etc all back in working order. Might need to check out the leveling arms, but all is good.