ES300 Battery is completely drained (What is this)

Hello,

I have a 99 ES300 and I had it sitting for about 2 weeks and I came out this morning and the remote wouldn't even work. The lights or nothing came on at all. I had to jump start it and it took about 20 mins to do that. As I was driving I noticed that the lights would dim when I stopped at lights and the clock light would dim and a few times when I turned on the heat and the radio at the same time the radio would act like it wanted to cut off. Now when I got to work and turned the car off and tried to start it again it won't start of course.

Do I need to have my battery charged back up completely? My battery is less than a year old. Does this sound like a battery problem and does it drain that badly after just 2 weeks of sitting.

Thanks Raymond

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SBBCEO
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Maybe you left the light in the middle of the roof on and the battery really drained and got damaged? So make sure you check that light switch position. It's hardly bright enough in the daytime to even notice that light is on.

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RR

I'm no car expert, but it sounds like the alternator to me. I didn't have a lexus at the time but while I was driving at night all of my lights went dim...even the dashboard. The auto garage traced it back to a faulty alternator. My battery was fine.

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Kevin

This is Turtle.

If a auto is running and the lights dim or see a difference in the brightness of any of the lights. You have a Alternator messing up and not the battery. You can have a totally dead battery on a car and if it is running. It will be running off the Alternator and nothing off the battery.

TURTLE

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TURTLE

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