2004 Volvo S60, Car keeps dieing

[Esizzle]

I recently purchased a 2004 Volvo S60 (Manual) with about 140,000 miles on it .

I just turned 16 so I am only driving it about 3 times a week. If I leave it parked in my driveway for more than two days with out at least turning it on it will die and require a jump. I got tired of turning on my car and spinning it around the neighborhood once a day so I went and got the alternator/battery checked. Both are fine. Headlights off, interior lights off an it still dies if I don't give it its daily "attention." (I hope my child wont be this needy...)

Why does it keep dying???

[precopster]

There will be a drain in the electrical system somewhere. Have you made certain the glovebox light turns off properly? A way to test this is to leave a phone recording video in the glovebox and play back the video.

To test for other drains in the system you require a multimeter set to 2000 mA range and complete the negative battery connection with the meter in series.

Read off the current being drawn with key off and interior/trunk lights off and key out of ignition. If it's over 70mA there is a circuit drawing current that shouldn't be.

Report back with your findings and we'll chime in on how to test for drain in other circuits.