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If you disconnect the alternator and the car has a good battery in the morning, replace the alternator - do the same to the starter. I’d disconnect each, one at a time, before leaving the car sit there to see which component is causing your trouble. All fuses have been out and all other components are fused or have a thermal link. One of them must cause some parasitic drain on the battery - after all: there’s nothing else to disconnect. If your friend has pulled out all the fuses and the battery still drains, there really are only two parts of the car left that is still hooked up to the battery: the starter and the alternator. Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts

Found some on Amazon out of all places that are toggle switches but they seem to be installed in the engine room under the hood - not that what we are looking for.Īnyone out there who happens to have had the same problem and found a solution? Installed a kill switch? I offered to look for something like that, too but realized that I’m bit lost and need guidance. My guy now said that he heard about something called “kill switches” that let you turn off the battery remotely without having to open the hood but also said he needs to do research about it as he hasn’t ordered/installed one yet. But I think it’s a hassle to go somewhere, pop hood open, remove cable and then do same procedure when done with grocery shopping. He’s right when he says that the battery charge stays fine if disconnect a terminal and later reconnect. I trust my guy and his opinion about being a waste of money to take it some other place which will do the exact same thing and mostlikely not find out The battery charge when the car is not running. Took it to my go-to-guy mechanic who pulled out fuses, relays, radio, lightbulbs to see if the charge stays - but nope, something’s still eating up So I highly doubt it is the battery itsself.Īlternator charges it during driving, too. Replaced the battery with two parts store bought ones as well as with one brought and installed by AAA. That far that when the car is parked overnight, the next morning the battery is so dead that even the lights in the dash stay off when turning the key. When done driving and car is parked, its battery is slowly draining, We have a 1992 Volvo 240 Wagon - with a mysterious battery draining problem.