1997 Buick Lesabre battery

1997 BUICK LESABRE
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1997 Buick Lesabre V6 Front Wheel Drive Automatic 147000 miles
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my battery isnt staying charged not even enough to drive it so i replaced the alternator and it is still not holding a charge any suggestions?
Dec 10, 2007 at 4:26 PM
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Hi there,

The battery may be faulty, if it has a collapsed cell it will be discharging internally. Have a battery load test done, this will prove a fault in the battery one way or the other.

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM
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