# No Battery Power in the Car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** batteries\ **Created:** [December 24, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633 "2007-12-24T02:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j\_khalif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@j\_khalif](https://community.cartalk.com/u/j_khalif)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/1 "2007-12-24T02:13:37Z")
I’ve got a 1999 Subary Legacy Outback. Today when I went to start it, there was no power at all in the battery. The battery is only about 1 year old. I jump started the car, drove it for a while, made sure nothing was turned on that would drain the battery (which there wasn’t), turned it off. With in about 1-2 hrs from turning it off it would start fine. I waited several hours and tried it again and it is dead…no power. Any idea why this would happen? I had a bad “knock sensor” replaced and also the spark plugs about 12 days ago. I was starting fine until now. Could this have to do with the work done? I’m going to have the battery checked tomorrow if I can find a person to jump the darn thing and also someone open on Christmas Eve. Any help is much appreciated ---
**Author:** ![j\_khalif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@j\_khalif](https://community.cartalk.com/u/j_khalif)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/2 "2007-12-24T02:16:19Z")
I’ve got a 1999 Subary Legacy Outback. Today when I went to start it, there was no power at all in the battery. The battery is only about 1 year old. I jump started the car, drove it for a while, made sure nothing was turned on that would drain the battery (which there wasn’t), turned it off. With in about 1-2 hrs from turning it off it would start fine. I waited several hours and tried it again and it is dead…no power. Any idea why this would happen? I had a bad “knock sensor” replaced and also the spark plugs about 12 days ago. I was starting fine until now. Could this have to do with the work done? I’m going to have the battery checked tomorrow if I can find a person to jump the darn thing and also someone open on Christmas Eve. Any help is much appreciated ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/3 "2007-12-24T02:23:16Z")
The first suspect is the battery itself. Although there may be a power drain (something pulling power from the battery while the engine is off), start with having the battery tested. I don’t think that the work you had done has anything to do with this problem. ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/4 "2007-12-24T02:29:14Z")
Check for battery draws such as glove box light or under-hood light staying on after the door/hood is closed. Test these by pulling the fuse. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/5 "2007-12-24T12:45:10Z")
And of course check the battery cables, both ends need to be clean and tight. ---
**Author:** ![charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@charles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/charles)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-battery-power-in-the-car/8633/6 "2007-12-27T01:05:57Z")
charge the battery pull the wire that feeds the electric to charge the battery . try light in the morning to see how bright they are put power wire back on and turn the key of it starts you got a short inside the alternator. done. if battery is dead you got a problem with something else. look a light that stays on or short some place