Hi -
I am perplexed about my car's battery dying. It died a few days ago for no apparent reason, I had it jumped and it's re-charged and has started fine each time since then. I drive a 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara with about 71,000kms. Battery appears to be in great shape.
I've had several cars in my 20+ years driving and usually there is a reason the battery dies and then is completely re-chargable and fine afterwards (headlights left on, interior light on, radio on, etc - something drains the battery).
Usually battery problems that are the cause of another mechincal problem (like the alternator, for example) keep re-occuring - in my experience anyway. So this doesn't appear to be the case.
Is there any reason that a car battery can just 'spontaneously' decide to not work for one start, and then keep working afterwards? Perhaps it's just a 'bad' battery and is no longer reliable or offers consistent starts?
Thanks, Paula