The battery was not 17 years old. It showed May 2019 on it. You will never get even close to 17 years with our heat. Five is doing well here. Draining a healthy battery does cause it to fail according to my mechanic. He tested it several times last night, and it is bad. He tested it when I bought it...

Hi, guys. Well, it was the battery. The tint shop killed it past the point of no return. My mechanic says when a cell dies and available amps go below 10 amps, it is past being able to charge back up. The alternator was fine, but at low idle speeds, the electronic throttle body is drawing power to k...

Thanks for the replies. While most posts I had seen said the throttle body needs to be cleaned, I just ran across an article about a weak battery causing the alternator to work harder. It said this stresses the engine, which, in turn, causes it to stall. The tint shop had my car for 8+ hours because...

Forgot to mention that this is a non-turbo engine.

Hi. Car has 61,000 miles and all of a sudden stalls at stops and when making a turn at low speed. Seems to be worse as the day heats up(Phoenix). Tint shop killed my battery a few days ago by leaving key in ignition and on. Don’t know if that could have anything to do with it, but problem started ri...