battery is dead all morning

2004 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK
206,200 MILES • 2.4L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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PIRATA210
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The battery is new but all morning the battery is dead and the starter is cranking skipped.
Jun 15, 2020 at 5:55 AM
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KASEKENNY
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The reason for this is something is remaining on when you shut the car off so it is a matter of finding what that is. The way to do this is hook a volt meter inline to the negative battery cable then turn it to amps and monitor what the ignition off draw is. Then as we unhook fuses until the draw goes away.

Here is a guide that covers the most common issues causing this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-dead-overnight

Let us know what you find and we can go from there. Thanks
Jun 15, 2020 at 1:12 PM
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