hardluckgraphics |
07-16-2014 10:52 AM |
Please Help!! 2006 A6 Battery keeps draining while driving and has to be jumpstarted
I have a 2006 Audi A6 3.2 with 115,000 miles on it. I went to start the car last week and it crank slowly but started. About 5 minutes on the freeway and I noticed it was starting to charge the battery up, at about 10 minutes it started draining again(looking at the battery level on the MMI display). When I stopped at a light it started shitting down the cars systems due to the battery getting so low. I got it home and thought my battery was bad, so I replaced it with a Duralast Gold brand new battery. Right after replacing the battery I had a issue strarting the car, the brake switch wasn't working but after messing with it I got it to start and then had to leave for the weekend. When I went to drive it again yesterday, it did the same thing charged up to about 70% and then started discharging when I was off the freeway and in town. It only took a few minutes to get all the way down to nothing and not start again. I got a jumpstart from AAA and it started charging again this time to 100% and I drove for about 30 minutes no issues but then again it drained and died. What is going on, is it my alternator intermittently going out?
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