# Jump-starting after replacing battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/jump-starting-after-replacing-battery/67926>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** odyssey, batteries, honda\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jump-starting-after-replacing-battery/67926 "2011-09-14T23:04:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![guude2shuz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@guude2shuz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/guude2shuz)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jump-starting-after-replacing-battery/67926/1 "2011-09-14T23:04:12Z")

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I replaced my battery about six months ago because it wouldn’t hold a charge. It won’t hold a charge again. Any idea why?

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jump-starting-after-replacing-battery/67926/2 "2011-09-14T23:15:34Z")

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**_Defective Battery ? Defective Charging System ? Fantom Electric Draw - Something Is Draining The Battery ? Who Knows ?_**

Get the car to a chain autoparts store, like an Advance Auto Parts. Call ahead and make sure they offer free charging system / battery diagnosis. Don’t shut the car off when you arrive and make sure you have a way of jumping or restarting. Many have employees that will come right out to your car and hook-up a mobile diagnostic tool that prints out test results.

Let us know what happens.

CSA