Not starting issue, battery drains after sitting for twenty-four hours

Tiny
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Now he calls me and says my battery is no good I said I just bought it in january he said it should still be under warranty could I send photo of recipt so now hifind recept take puic and send he says they gave his guy a hard time and would not honor warrant so he s going to install new battery and he will warranty it.
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 8:25 AM
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You need to find someone who knows electronics and can find a draw.

You have been taken advantage of with all the bad work.

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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 8:31 AM
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When igo to pick car up battery is humming and theres a high pitched ringing noise I point both these problems out to them he calls to mechacahics out and they said ringing is fuel pump and humming noise is nothing to be worried about once I get back seat back in I wont here I t I think when I first brought it to them with that lever on battery they did not turn it off and battery drained theyjump started it wrong at batter with that swich right there even though it sayin manual not to jump it directly to battery but on post under hood
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 8:32 AM
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The bnext day car is dead itry jumpstarti 2 times and cant even get it starte called aaa to tow car he was able to get it jump started and now the fuel gauge is bouncing back an forth between 1/4 tank and 3/4 tanki showed it to AAA driver he said that aint right and towed it there the next day they called me and said I need new fuel pump or I need to approve diagnostici told them I just cant afford to keepthrowing money at the car abnd its not getting fixed he said he would talk to service manager so they run diagnstic for free and say irts the fuel sensor unfortunately I need to replace the whole fuel pump he said it 600.00 for part and he will split the labor with me isaid and this is going to fix both problems th ignition delay and the battery drain he said yes he siad I told the guys we giot to get it right this time
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 8:42 AM
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You may be right. They may have jumped it backward at one time causing all these weird issues but none of them are related to the draw.

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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 8:51 AM
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When I picked car up after replacing the fuel pump battery no longer humming no high pitched noise all gauges seemed to be working and car started right up did not have to delay at accessory there was grease on driver side door he cleaned it off while I was inside starting car I paid drove car home noticed gas now barley above 1/4 tank and it was full before all this and now I notice a dent where th grease mark had been I reset trip odometer every time I fill up and it said was driven 61 miles this didn't make sense so icalled him asked didnt you see dent when you cleaned grease off he said I noticed it but its an old car and thought it was already thereasked about gas did they put all fuel bac he said we did not have to pull tan k there is access to fuel pump throught trunk just 4 bolts and it lifts out
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 9:00 AM
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So he said he would talk to service manager about refunding gas so isaid was going to fill it but wantted to shoow him trip odometer he said go ahead and fill it went tio start car would not start tried again would not start turned it to accessory and waied 23 secs and dash lit then car started called him back he said bring car in I said I had dr appointment next day would bring after that so at 1 am went out as I could not sleep to see if car would start it would not start turning key all the way then I delayed at accessory waited 2 to 3sec was sluggish but started with a delay at accessory so brought car in he said the car was fixed and this is normal for a car that old
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 9:10 AM
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And now I have a 200pm dr appointment and I am hoping it will start going to try it now so I know weather or not I have to jump start it or just delay at accessory
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 9:17 AM
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Keep me updated.

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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 11:31 AM
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Car started I delayed before starting and waited for dash lights to come on is it possible that the ignition switch I got was faulty or damaged during shipping and handling because Castriorta Chevrolet wanted to replace that part but I told them I had done that and car still doing same thing.
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 1:07 PM
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It will be awhile before I have time and money to take the car to another place but if any new problems develope will get back to you did the other owner that was having same problem with their 200 Pontiac Bonneville ever resolve their problem? I only saw the post where they were having to turn ignition several times and sometimes took 5 tries to start car.
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 1:12 PM
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We will be here for you when you return.

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Thursday, January 13th, 2022 AT 2:14 PM
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This morning the car battery was drained again, that's Monday morning January 17. The last time I drove car was Thursday January 13, to go to doctor have another Doctor appointment at 2:10 tomorrow Tuesday January 18. Started car and let it run for 5 minutes at midnight. I hope it holds until tomorrow I will try to start again around noon and let run 5 minutes if it starts otherwise will wait to jump it before Dr. Appointment. After Dr. Appointment I will take it to Andrews automotive to have that switch put back on battery so I can disengage the battery, so it won't drain. I will have to keep resetting clock and reset tire pressure indicator. I will keep you updated.
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 AT 12:27 AM
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Okay, keep me updated with what you find.

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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 AT 1:51 AM

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