Car dies or won't start

Asked by Bill Dec 28, 2015 at 03:40 PM about the 2000 Subaru Legacy

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I was goin shopping n my gages went haywire then
car died took out battery n they tested said it was
no good so I baught another battery car started n
ran fine for 2-3 days now it's doing the same thing

4 Answers

Battery looses its charge after running car for about 3-4 days.the 1st one garage tested said it was dead so baught new one put in drove 3-4 days now acting up again.abs light comes on and speedometer jumps up n down radio shuts down ect

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Recheck with third battery. If no-go swap alternator, as its internal voltage regulator has become intermittent, "forgetting" to turn on to charge battery at idle. Very common problem until about 2005 or so.

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