I recently moved a distance greater than 100 miles. This meant I couldn't drive the vehicle the whole distance from one town to the next. Instead, it was driven halfway to a friends and keep it there until it was possible to get it the rest of the way.
It turns out my friend didn't have an outlet near where I could park. He promised to move it and get it plugged in but this didn't happen. He also promised to turn the engine over since there was still 33 miles left on the main battery. I foolishly didn't disconnect the negative from the 12v.
Time passed as I tried to figure out what to do, until he called and said it was dead. Yesterday AAA towed the vehicle to me. To move it out of my friend's place, the tow truck driver jump started the battery. He did the same upon arrival so I could get the Spark EV into the garage.
Hooked up a Duralast 15 AMP to the 12v battery and it read 3.5 v at 2%. Set it to 3 AMP, AGM and left it for several hours. Came back to a green light. But opening the door quickly indicated the battery was still dead (no sound, no dash lights).
After fussing, realized the battery was being seen as 6v and not 12v.
Unhooked the negative from the 12v battery to the car, to clean just in case, and connected the Duralast 15 AMP again.
This time the battery was seen as 12v, at 2%. Let it trickle at 3AMP for about 5 hours and came back to a green light, 100%.
Hooked up the negative post again, after cleaning and tightening it.
Still no sound or lights from the dashboard.
Any suggestions at this point?
This is a 2014 Spark EV.
It turns out my friend didn't have an outlet near where I could park. He promised to move it and get it plugged in but this didn't happen. He also promised to turn the engine over since there was still 33 miles left on the main battery. I foolishly didn't disconnect the negative from the 12v.
Time passed as I tried to figure out what to do, until he called and said it was dead. Yesterday AAA towed the vehicle to me. To move it out of my friend's place, the tow truck driver jump started the battery. He did the same upon arrival so I could get the Spark EV into the garage.
Hooked up a Duralast 15 AMP to the 12v battery and it read 3.5 v at 2%. Set it to 3 AMP, AGM and left it for several hours. Came back to a green light. But opening the door quickly indicated the battery was still dead (no sound, no dash lights).
After fussing, realized the battery was being seen as 6v and not 12v.
Unhooked the negative from the 12v battery to the car, to clean just in case, and connected the Duralast 15 AMP again.
This time the battery was seen as 12v, at 2%. Let it trickle at 3AMP for about 5 hours and came back to a green light, 100%.
Hooked up the negative post again, after cleaning and tightening it.
Still no sound or lights from the dashboard.
Any suggestions at this point?
This is a 2014 Spark EV.