# 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme battery keeps dying

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** oldsmobile, cutlasssupreme\
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739 "2022-01-09T19:36:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![loc59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@loc59](https://community.cartalk.com/u/loc59)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739/1 "2022-01-09T19:36:59Z")

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my battery keep going dead and nothing on

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739/2 "2022-01-09T22:58:16Z")

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[The BEST Way TO Perform a Parasitic Draw Test - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRcj1fQcWwU)

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739/3 "2022-01-10T15:55:12Z")

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Have the battery and charging system tested. If there’s no problem there, test for a parasitic draw.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1992-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme-battery-keeps-dying/181739/4 "2022-01-10T16:20:45Z")

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While a lengthy read, this could prove useful (it was a defective ignition switch, hard to detect):  
[Stumped To This Point - Maintenance/Repairs - Car Talk Community](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stumped-to-this-point/180719/111)