doctorttt

I will be out of the country for two weeks in November and leave my car alarm on in my driveway. When I return, will the battery be drained out?

mobilyte

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with the weather getting colder already, you could always avoid the risk of draining your battery by disconnecting the negative cable from the terminal.

Lexmex

I don't see an issue for two weeks, but a month might do it in terms of a battery issue.

mikevanle

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Well I think the important thing is he wants the alarm to be on? Not that it'll help much since he won't be home, but it might scare anybody trying to do something funny.

2 weeks should be no problem. The alarm doesn't drain the battery that much.

Tammy

The vehicle is new, with no add on electronics.

There should be no problem leaving it for a couple of months !

cdvmagic

Last year November I went to Curacao for 2 weeks and left my car at home.
When I came back it started just fine.

trukn1

Being that I drive trucks long distance for a living and my LS is a parking lot queen, I do this all the time. I have left my car for up to 9 weeks at a time and came back home, started right up. As long as the battery is good, then no problem. I may turn over a little slower than you are used to b/c the alarm will drain the battery some, not much. Just turn it over when you get back home and let her run for a few minutes and she will be all better, if that even happens. I just get into the habit now of just unkooking the battery, when I leave and have someone look in on my car regularly to make sure it isnt tampered with .