# Battery problem?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries, toyota, camry\
**Created:** [December 25, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134 "2010-12-25T01:04:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![emg823](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@emg823](https://community.cartalk.com/u/emg823)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134/1 "2010-12-25T01:04:24Z")

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I have a 1998 Toyota Camry-has about 179,000 miles on it. Recently when I start the car the radio will have lost its station presets. The car starts fine and everything else works fine. I’m not sure exactly how old the battery is but I think it’s only 2-3 years old. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134/2 "2010-12-25T01:31:59Z")

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I’d try taking apart the battery connections and cleaning them.

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**Author:** ![kizwiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kizwiki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kizwiki)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134/3 "2010-12-25T04:50:48Z")

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You just have a bad power connection to your radio, I think. You are getting close to needing a new battery, though.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-problem/59134/4 "2010-12-26T05:49:14Z")

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The power for the radio memory usually is on a seperate lead from the normal power lead. There may be a bad fuse that supplies the memory power to the radio so check the fuses under the hood. If they are ok then there may be a break in the memory lead wire connection. The battery isn’t the issue here.