I Had a Smash with my car, the front is a lil out of place, but nothing big, $300 to fix, and i been drving my car around and its fine but if i leave it for a day the battery goes flat, if its on than its fine, i got one of those battery chargers, i charge it up, and its fine. Any one got any idea ?

Ps. My lights are stuck half way up cos of the smash, and the front bit being pushed in 2-3cm, could that be it, that the motor keeps on trying to pop them up, if so is there a fuse i can take out to stop the motor from trying to pop them up,

Thanx

 

yup, its the lights, dont ask me how i know

 

often a battery involved in an accident will fail, due to the internal plates coming in contact with each other during the impact.

But you should be doing a current draw test first before anything else.

There have been dozens of battery drain threads, you may wish to use the search the function found in the upper right hand corner of this page, if you are not familier with how to do a current draw test.

 

thanx So much Guys, would u be able to know if i can take out the Fuse for the time being, and where it can be found ?

thanx

 

Bingo! Any time the lights are not fully up or fully down they have power and will drain the battery. Pull the "retractor" fuse from the engine bay fuse box.
Bummer about the accident.

 

oh thanx, ill run downstairs like a girl, and do it straight away, thanx guys, this forum so much better than the aussy one,

thanx again,