Dead Battery Possible alternator problem

The alternator is not charging the battery, have it tested at a local Autozone it is free.

Used your battery up just getting home. Now recharge the battery, and test the charging system- could be a bad alternator not charging the battery.

Normally, the alternator powers all the car's electrical needs when the engine is running. If the alternator fails, the battery will then be used to run the electrical needs until the battery is depleted, then the car will shut down. Dead, just like yours. No big deal, just find out why the charging system stopped.

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Don't know.
You would need to have both components tested. It could be a dead cell in the battery. Or a bad connection. If the alternator were at fault it should discharge when the engine is running and slowly go dead.

sounds like short somewhere draining battery. Might be alternator causing this also. can have it checked at autozone at no cost....good luck and hope this info helps....Please rate this post.

Hello,

Based on your problem, that I read fully twice, based on ALL THE things that are dead, this is positively a battery charging system problem.

Meaning this, Sense nothing works including head lights, which would work most likely, and they don't you are going to find this problem in a couple possible places. It appears your battery is dead. Now, listen if your battery is not dead or is good, the cables (positive or negative could be loose, or bad connection. What could also of happened, to cause this is a couple of things. If you have a bad alternator as you were driving it, it would not be charging your battery and actually draining it, with all your electronics on while driving. So, when you parked it, that battery most likely is completely dead or a positive of ground from that battery if loose or poor connection, allow the alternator not to charge battery while driving.

In conclution. Check good the battery, and connections and then the alternator. Now, sense you have no testing equipment as you stated, hard to test the alternator, all you can do, is somehow charge your battery and get car going and try and drive to closest battery place, even auto zone can check your battery cells and your alternator. I hope this helps. Mike

alternator problem ,start engine the remove a battery terminal if engine stops renew the alternator

Running so few miles has accelerated the aging of the battery - the battery never had a chance to fully recharge in such small trips -  so now you have to replace it a year sooner than usual.
Just replace it.

check ur alternator one way to checkthis is turn on car and remove positive cable wire on car while on if it turns off its ur alternator its what keeps ur battery charged