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Old 09-30-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Default Dead battery anyone?

Being in the military, I'm gone quite often and any time I'm gone over 10-12 days, the battery in my 05 mustang is COMPLETELY dead. I called the local dealer and they told me that "10 days for a battery to die is normal" and/or "you must have left a light on". I don't beleive that an almost 2 year old mustang with only 9,700 miles on it would do this. They (the dealer) recommended that I disconnect the battery anytime that I'm gone over a week. Has anybody else had this problem?
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Had the same problem. Made the dealer tow it back to the dealer/service department and replaced it for free. Mine had 11,000 and they said it was normal due to the massive amounts of heat(Texas).
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The place where I work is closed for about three weeks at Christmas. Last year, my Mustang sat for a good part of that time - including some comparatively cold temperatures (it's under a free-standing 'carport' type structure, so the sides are open) and, when I returned to work, it fired right up as if it hadn't been sitting, at all.

However, I have been driving my Bronco II for the past couple of weeks due to periodic heavy rains, some flash flooding, and the simple fact that I want to keep miles off my Mustang. After sitting for about three days this time, my battery was dead. Recharged it, drove it and everything was fine. Let it sit three more days - dead battery again. I did notice, however, that there were a couple of wires on the amp for my subs that were loose and thought I might be getting a slow drain from something associated with that, so last night I redid those connections and put the charger on the battery again. We'll see how it does this time. While connecting the charger, I noticed that the battery is a Motorcraft. Isn't that what Ford puts in at the factory? If so, I guess that there is a good chance that it is the original battery that was put in the car roughly five years ago (bought the car used last year, so I can't be sure).

Your car is newer than mine, and an S197, and mine is a GT, but maybe this will help give some perspective. Good luck!

Oh, you might want to have your battery checked by someone other than Ford. The Advance Auto in the town where I live puts the battery on a machine that checks it to make sure it can hold a charge. It takes about twenty minutes and the bonus is that it also rapid-charges the battery as part of the process. I haven't done that with the battery from my Mustang, but I have with other vehicles. They have never charged me anything for this service, even if the battery turned out to be 'good' and I wasn't going to be buying anything from them at the time. I don't know if doing that would have any impact on your warranty, though.
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