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Bronzilly

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Ok, so i just bought my second car. It had a new battery put in it the day before i picked it up. 3 days have passed and it hasn't been moved or turned on, but the battery is flat. Nothing on it was left on, so it's not that, could it be the alternator? Or something worse.

Also, i had it on a hill running and it rolled back, it's auto.. Why would it have rolled back??
 

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Something is draining the battery. Take it to an auto electrician.

Did you have it in "Park", with the hand brake on?
 

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I took it in today, probably gonna cost me a damn fortune haha, he thinks it's probably a crook alternator.

Nope, it was in drive with the handbrake off..
 

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Depending on how steep the hill is, your car will always lose against the evil force of gravity regardless if its in drive or not.

As far as the flat battery goes, id say a new or reco'd alternator is in place or the boot light is on or something.

[edit] It may have dropped a cell, but I doubt it if the battery is only a few days old
 
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Also, i had it on a hill running and it rolled back, it's auto.. Why would it have rolled back??

Lemme guess... Your first car was a manual?
 

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Could the diff have anything to do with it rolling back?
 

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Could the diff have anything to do with it rolling back?

No gravity had something to do with it rolling back. The torque converter allowed the car to move backwards even with it in drive.
 

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Am i what?
 
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