I have a 1995 auto SL2 with about 96,000 miles on it and yesterday when I tried to start it I discovered the battery was completely dead - no lights, no clicking, nothing. The car ran fine less than 12 hours earlier and I have had no other indications that the battery was about to die even though it is 4-5 years old. A neighbor helped me jumpstart it and I let it idle for a few minutes. It seemed to be running fine but when I put my foot on the brake to put the car into drive, the car stalled again. It had to be jumpstarted a second time and I let it idle longer but again when I went to put the car into drive it stalled once more. So I called AAA to get a tow to NTB. The AAA guy got it to start and drove it a few feet to get it into place to be towed but he said that it stalled again at the very end. He didn't think that it was the alternator, which was initial my suspicion, and even suggested that it could be "something in the engine, perhaps a fuel pump issue or something similar" which I doubted.
Anyway, NTB put in a new battery and tested the alternator and said all looks good now. But I am not completely convinced that the problem is due to just an old/bad battery and don't want to get stranded again. My question is should I have them test the alternator again? And does anyone have any thoughts about what else would have caused this? Or should I just be grateful that it's not the dreaded alternator problem raising it's ugly head and go on my merry way?
Thanks! KJ