Dead battery! Electric Problem?

[Sparktree]

I just endured through my first problem with the A/C. Just yesterday, my batteries died and the car was dead. It drove fine when I went out to pick up lunch at work, but when I got off work late around 7ish, the car would not start. I know I didn’t have my headlights on because it’s always on Auto and even if I left the interior lights on, the car should be able to handle 5hrs easily given that the car was purchased less than 3 months ago. More importantly, I noticed that my fog lights were on very, very faintly like a flicker. Not only that, when I got into my car, the interior lights were also faintly on. The problem is I couldn’t turn it off. I couldn’t lock/unlock the door using the power lock/unlock or even open the trunk. Actually, I was able to unlock using the unlock button on my remote key at start, but that stopped working after few tries. I understand the car not starting or faint lights, but why wouldn’t you be able to turn the lights off. Consequently, I got my car jump started and things seem to work fine now, but I am wondering if there is an electric problem that I don’t know about. Is this normal? I guess I am going to make an appoint to have the dealer check it out along with getting my oil & filter changed. Did anybody else also have this problem?

[adidas2go]

You probably left the door cracked and the light switch on. As far as the features of the car while the battery is dead. There is none. Use the hard key in the back of the fob to unlock the door, and when jumping the car put the key fob in the slot associated with it

[jungleboogie]

si i have experienced something similar... i've had my car for 2 months now... and when it happened about 2 weeks after i bought it... i got it jumped and it's pretty much ok now

not quite reassured that it will not occur again, tho

[chow]

Yeah, this has also happend to me.. During the wintery times.

I stalled the car and it wouldnt start up again. I waited for 5 mins before i could start the engine.

Ive also had troubles with getting into the car and pushing the button and having the krrrk rkrkrkrkkr sound. ( IE not enough spark/ battery) I usually just wait it out , and yeah i think it may be a problem for all of us.

[Leuthesius]

I experienced something odd with my battery as well. New battery. New Alternator. Battery died again. Charged it. Ran for about a day. Died. Took it in to get it checked/charged. It showed 100% charge. Hooked it up to a low amp charger, ran for a day. Died. Battery still showed 100% charge.

Purchased a new battery. Didn't happen for another 13 months. Then the whole cycle repeated itself. No other issue was located.

[DMiglia]

Much the same thing happened to me twice in the last 2 days. Left the car parked for 1 1/2 hours, locked (door was not cracked, key not in it), and the battery was dead. Jumped it, and drove away.

Last night, car parked in garage, overnight, got in, dead battery, wouldn't start.

It's at the dealer now; I suspect the battery, but we'll see. I've had it for 5 months.

08 2.5SL