Hello everyone,
I am a new member. I hope I will be able to actively involve in the discussion in this forum.
I am a new owner of a used Toyota 1998 model (113K miles) and this is my first car in USA. Recently 3 days back, when I was trying to connect ipod through cassette adapter to the car audio system, I heard very loud sound and soon speakers stopped working and I smelled something burning from cassette slot. Later I found power in the audio system but no sound. The next day I brought my car to work and the same day evening I found my car's battery discharged. So I jumpstarted it and charged for 30min. However, the next day morning again it went out of power and I had to jumpstart it. So I took my car to garage but I was given an stimate of 400$ explaining battery and alternator's belt replacement. So I did replace the battery with a new one as I and my frined found no problem with alternator.
Now so far (almost 7hrs since I replaced the battery) my car is starting fine but I am worried if some short circuit happened and due to that the battery is getting discharged very frequently. So does any one have any suggestion that what should I do in this case? Should I get the short circuit checked thoroughly by some mechanic or should I wait for a week or so to see what happens to the battery?

Thank you all very much in advance foryour valuable feedback.

Nisheeth

Hi all,
My new battery also ran out of power in just two days. Please give me any suggestion. All baltimoreans please suggest me a good repair shop for this electrical problem in my car.

Thanks,

Nisheeth