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Melraidin · 10-11-2003, 09:56 PM

My friend is having a problem with her '95 Mazda Protege. We put a CD player in it about a year ago and everything was fine for awhile. Over the past 4 months or so anytime that she leaves the car and doesn't start it for more than a few days the battery dies.

She has taken it to a garage, where they said the stereo was wired improperly. She had it disconnected and didn't have any problems for awhile, but during this time she always had the car running at least a couple times a day.

Just the other day I went to jump her car after she had been away about 5 days. The next day it was dead again, jumped it and pulled the radio. The day after that it was dead again.

This is leading me to the obvious conclusion: the radio isn't the primary cause of her problems. I don't believe it was hooked up wrong when we installed it, but even if it were it's not what's causing her problems now.

I believe it's simply a battery that's absolutely killed, and if she were to put a new battery in it would fix things. Does this seem reasonable?

Does anyone have any suggestions for other possible causes, or ways to diagnose her problem?

10-11-2003, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Melraidin Upright	Protege Electrical Problem My friend is having a problem with her '95 Mazda Protege. We put a CD player in it about a year ago and everything was fine for awhile. Over the past 4 months or so anytime that she leaves the car and doesn't start it for more than a few days the battery dies. She has taken it to a garage, where they said the stereo was wired improperly. She had it disconnected and didn't have any problems for awhile, but during this time she always had the car running at least a couple times a day. Just the other day I went to jump her car after she had been away about 5 days. The next day it was dead again, jumped it and pulled the radio. The day after that it was dead again. This is leading me to the obvious conclusion: the radio isn't the primary cause of her problems. I don't believe it was hooked up wrong when we installed it, but even if it were it's not what's causing her problems now. I believe it's simply a battery that's absolutely killed, and if she were to put a new battery in it would fix things. Does this seem reasonable? Does anyone have any suggestions for other possible causes, or ways to diagnose her problem?