Battery Dying out making car clunk?

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by eleer, Apr 21, 2004.

  1. eleer

    eleer Guest

    It seems that when ever my battery gets to that low point and I shift into
    reverse it clunks really hard. I was wondering does anyone might know what
    is draining the battery?

    I have a 94 SL2 Automatic with 125,486 Miiles on it. I had the alternator
    replaced last year and also did oil changes, automatic transmission fluild
    change.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

    Thanks
     
    eleer, Apr 21, 2004
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  2. eleer

    M. Butkus Guest

    Check glove compartment, trunk light, something in cigarette lighter socket.
    A bad ALT can have a bad diode and drain the battery. Only way to check is
    a amp meter between the battery cable and battery. See how much of a drain.
    The battery could be going. Had one on my wife's 300m die in 4 hours.
     
    M. Butkus, Apr 22, 2004
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  3. eleer

    Box134 Guest

    How old is your battery? Maybe it's dying of old age.
     
    Box134, Apr 25, 2004
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  4. eleer

    Steve Barker Guest

    I'm a wondering, what in the wide wide world of sports does the battery have
    to do with a clunking when going into reverse????
     
    Steve Barker, Apr 25, 2004
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  5. Saturns have a wonky transmission setup. They rely on electronics to
    shift and control the automagic tranny, and believe it or not, one of
    the early signs of impending battery/alternator doom is in fact the
    automatic transmission doing weird things. I have a manual so I never
    experienced this, but pretty much the first thing after checking /
    changing the fluids is to look into the charging system.

    Problem being, reverse troubles are also a sign of impending
    transmission doom :(
     
    Philip Nasadowski, Apr 26, 2004
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