Magrud3r
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- Oct 12, 2010
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Lonaconing,
Maryland
Hi all I recently purchased a 99 GSX and before I could pick her up I needed a new battery, no biggie. So I picked up a redtop and when I went to over to the car after a 3 hour or so drive the owner already had removed the dead battery. I didn't get a chance to see how it was in there previously and he puts it in, backwards... and kills the brand new battery. So we ride down to the store and they replace it okay. Now we put it in correctly and the car fires right up. He had me start the car up a good 6-8 times to be sure it was all working correctly. It started raining hard and I was about to take the car home when I noticed the power windows didn't work and the defroster wasn't either (windows were fogging up bad). The alarm also kept randomly going off and wouldn't stop until the battery terminal was removed.. the horn fuse was not blown though. So we made about 3 trips in the car and on the final trip at a stop light the car dropped RPMs very low and seemed to be dying out and eventually the 2nd brand new battery was drained. After checking the fuses for the windows and A/C neither were blown.
My question is what could this be? Just a few shorted wires..? I am going to have the work done at a Mitsubishi dealership and don't want to get completely raped on the work needing done.
My question is what could this be? Just a few shorted wires..? I am going to have the work done at a Mitsubishi dealership and don't want to get completely raped on the work needing done.