Starts then shuts off

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Battery is dead. You need to charge it up until the reading is 12.6 volts. That is a full charge.

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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 1:04 PM
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I charged it to 12.5 then turned it on and immediately started dropping down and shut off.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 1:15 PM
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What was the voltage again when it started?

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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 2:08 PM
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When it was off it was 12.5 but as soon as it turns on it drops to around 10.5 and just keeps going down.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 2:21 PM
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You have a bad battery.

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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 2:22 PM
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It's a brand new battery. You think it's bad already? It's not even 3 days old.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 2:25 PM
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Once I turn it off the car, the battery stays at around goes up to about 11.8 and stays there.
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Saturday, November 9th, 2019 AT 2:31 PM
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If it dropped to 10.5, it is bad.

Where did the 11 come from?

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Sunday, November 10th, 2019 AT 4:47 AM
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Sorry, I have been busy so I hadn't had time to work on the car. Okay, earlier this week I looked at it more closely. My dad unplugged the alternator wire from the alternator but left it connected to the battery on a 200amp fuse which has two terminals. I then unplugged it from the battery so that was eliminated completely. I then hooked up another wire from the alternator to the battery at the opposite terminal at the 200 amp fuse connection and it seemed to be working for about 2 days, the only thing is it wouldn't start up in the morning until about the 3rd push of the ignition button. So we got a new fuse to replace the old one and hooked everything back up like normal and it went back to the starting up and immediately stalled.
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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 3:57 PM
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When you turn on the key, does the theft or security light go out after 10 seconds?

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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 4:01 PM
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It turns off within about 2-3 seconds.
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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 4:38 PM
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Again, the lights? Please tell me about the lights?

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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 5:04 PM
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Everything comes on on the dash like normally. No check engine light or anything just the battery light stays on again. But I've been checking it and it stays at around 12.6v.
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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 5:21 PM
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Okay, let me be more specific.

I am asking you if the theft light or security light comes on and goes off. If it stays on, it is a security issue for the engine cutting off.

If it is not then we need to look somewhere else like the ignition switch.

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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 5:27 PM
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Yes, the red security light comes on and then goes away when the engine shuts off.
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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 5:44 PM
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Okay, when you turn the key to on, not running, does the light stay on or does it go off after 10 seconds?

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Friday, November 15th, 2019 AT 5:52 PM
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Okay. The security light comes on and goes away within 2-3 seconds.

Also when I do that without turning on the car, it gives me a message on the radio screen to enter anti theft code, but only when I push the "start" button on the car without starting the engine.
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Saturday, November 16th, 2019 AT 8:54 AM
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The radio code has nothing to do with starting the car.

Does it start right back up after it stalls?

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/stall-at-idle

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Saturday, November 16th, 2019 AT 9:03 AM
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I can keep starting it up and it keeps stalling.
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Saturday, November 16th, 2019 AT 9:17 AM
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I think at this point you are going to need some help from someone familiar with this system to help.

They will need a scan tool to look at live data to see what is causing the engine to shut off.

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Sunday, November 17th, 2019 AT 8:13 AM

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