Is battery life shortened by driving once/week?

Intermittent battery drain - Dodge Journey Forum

Was driving around one day. Stopped to put gas in. Got back in car ... Charged battery, took to garage for a week, and nothing was found.

Battery down | Dodge Challenger Forum

Gotta drive it. If it sits it will go dead and a battery maintainer will be required. Image. Sent from ...

How Hot Weather Affects Your Car Battery and What to Do About It

Summer heat is tougher on car batteries than winter's chill. It may seem counterintuitive, but higher temperatures have a greater impact on the power- ...

How much battery drain to be expected from modern F150 when not ...

If not good or fully charged for any reason, the standby will be shorter. Starting once a week for a short tme. idle, drive etc. is not ...

Batteries keep dying after just a few days sitting - GMC Terrain forum

Each restart weakened them further, especially if they were short trips. Then sitting without use drained whatever charge was left. If most of ...

How Long Does a Car Battery Last Without Driving?

Experts recommend driving your vehicle for at least 30 minutes a week to recharge the battery. A new car battery can last for about two weeks ...

Battery dead after 10 days of no use - PriusChat

If battery is healthy and there are no additional devices running (like webcam, etc) it should be good for 20 days. The advice that Toyota have ...

Battery drains in one week - Honda Shadow Forums

If your battery is running down that low, you may either have a bad battery (even new ones can be bad) or you have a dead short somewhere in the ...

If Your Car Battery Goes Dead Overnight Do this To Fix It! - YouTube

This is one of the more common issues with cars these days. With all the electronics, sometimes one or more of them will stick, ...

06 Draining new battery every 8 days | Acura MDX SUV Forums

When I started the car they said that the starter was draining the batteries. Took this info to Acura last week. They kept it one day and said ...

Leaving vehicle unattended for several weeks - Polestar Forum

I just asked one of our internal engineers and it was stated that the vehicle is not recommended to sit for longer than approximately 30 days ...

LFP battery - how often is too often to charge? - Tesla Motors Club

The reason to charge an LFP battery to 100% once a week is to recalibrate the Battery Management System and to balance the charge across all the ...

Does leaving a car to run actually charge the battery…

I wouldn't leave it idling for 20 minutes every week regardless of whether it charges the battery. The oil/engine will never heat up at idle in winter.

Battery percentage drops erratically on acceleration

My 2018 Nissan Leaf SL (40KW battery) has been an excellent car for 5 years. I bought it in August 2018. For the last 3 months, ...

Battery discharged after sitting for a weekend? - Mini Cooper Forum

However, with modern batteries the performance really falls off a cliff when they expire. As Anonemouse says, a MINI diagnostic check will ...

How long can these cars sit without being started before the battery ...

I top off the charge on mine every two weeks or so. After the car isn't started for two weeks fordpass disables all the monitoring stuff which ...

Battery time when not used - Range Rovers Forum

2 weeks would be a joke, unless your battery is badly degraded. I've "tested" my old L405 last winter. After a month of standing outdoors with - ...

VIOFO and long term car battery life with parking enabled

As 12.6 is 75% battery life, and as a battery ages, achieving that becomes less and less likely. 2. Hardwiring to fuse box will shorten your ...

Dead battery after sitting a week | FIAT 500L

The longest it's been left will be 48 hours max. Some modern cars do seem to run down the batteries much sooner than they use to when not in use ...

Battery dead after a week? - Jeep Gladiator Forum

... battery thus leaving it flat after a short time. Unlike a 60's car that could sit for months at a time with no problems. Jteakus.