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Jul 21, 2013, 10:34 AM

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1994
Mitsubishi
Galant
L4-2.4
~140,000 miles, was overhauled ~40,000 miles ago

Hello, my car died in a Grocery store parking lot. I came back the next day to jump my car with a buddy's. I noticed before we started the jumping that the radio lights were on (car totally off, key not in ignition). I measured the voltage across the battery terminals at 11.81V.

Battery life ~3 years.

We set up the jumper cables. The moment we turned the working car on, my headlights came on too (also strange, my car is still off, no key in ignition). I tried starting my car after about 7 minutes to no avail. We disconnected the jumper cables and I remeasured the voltage across the battery terminals; only increased by 30mV to 11.84V.

I want to just say my battery is bad, but headlight and radio lights coming on seem strange. What is the opinion of the community?

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Jul 21, 2013, 10:42 AM

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Jul 21, 2013, 10:52 AM

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These aren't things that you ask someone's opinion about. You have them tested. It sounds like you may have some connection issues in the power supply but you need to start out testing the battery and not just with a voltmeter.

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