2004 Saturn Ion Dead Battery or an alternator?

2004 SATURN ION
86,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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ATOWNS28
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After driving around all day without and issue, I stopped at home. The next time I left to run errands, the keyless entry wouldn't work. No electrical, it wouldn't even turn over. I replaced the battery and it ran fine. Actually, better than it did before. Four days later. Same issue. We tried to jump the battery, but with no success. I don't think my car has an alternator fuse and my impression is that it's too new to need an alternator. Any suggestions?
Sep 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
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RASMATAZ
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The only way to find out if the alternator is working properly is to give it a load test.
Sep 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
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