pat97vette

Thanks all. Left it on the charger overnight and couldn't even start it the next day. So, ran out and got a new battery and it's working fine now. For a batter to go bad after 2 years (under 36k) I'm sure it's a bad cell or something going on internally. All that clicking behind the fuse panel had me totally thrown off and confused. If it hadn't done that I would have been a little quicker to act. However, I now have a 2 year old factory battery on the floor of the garage and wondering if I should raise an issue with the local dealer. Thanks!

Disconnected the battery, put it on a charger, which charged it for only 30 seconds then indicated it was full. Reconnected battery, and the clicking noise was loud enough to identify where it was coming from, the fuse block in the engine compartment. I pulled the large relay in there and it still did it. I don't know where this clicking noise is coming from. It sounds like it's behind the fuse block. I posted a video to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI4mbnfhatc

My girlfriend's Edge is 2 years old, she drives it every day to college. She just went to the garage, opened the door and the light didn't come on. She turned the key, but nothing. She drove it home with no issues 4 hours prior. So, I hopped in, no interior lights lit up. I turned the key all the way to Start and the MPH gauge jumped. I figured the battery was the culprit, so I looked and the eye was green but heard a faint clicking noise like it was coming from underneath the battery. I hooked up the VOM and it said 6V across the terminals. Disconnected the battery from the car and it read 14V. Put a load on the battery and it was fine. Cleaned up the leads, reinstalled on battery, faint clicking noise under the battery and 6V across the terminals. Something is continuously running in the engine compartment (air pump?) drawing this battery down. Nothing in the car is plugged in at all and she didn't leave the light on whens he came home. Has anyone else experienced this? FYI: I'm a pretty competent shadetree mechanic who runs 97vette.com to help other Vette owners work on their Vettes, but I can't figure out what's going on with my girlfriend's Edge.