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Old 06-09-2009, 07:28 AM   #5 (permalink)
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....One question has come up though, in the past few weeks we've started to get a dead battery after running the auxiliaries (radio/stereo) for only 15 to 20 minutes with out the engine running. The dealer said that the battery is fine and that we just need to start the engine every 15 minutes. This seems a little out of the ordinary to me. I would expect the battery to stay charged for much longer with just the radio running. Is this something specific to this model and year? Thanks!
I agree that something is amiss. Seems like 1-2 hours of radio is an expected "norm". Perhaps doors are open? If so then lights might be on? Are we sure that things like blower fan are not running? Any other accessories like inverters running? I do agree with kickapebble about getting the battery checked out.

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