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[specialk]

First off, sorry for the long winded post I just want to make sure whoever reads this understands the full timeline/situation. Second, I know I havn't posted in a long while so I don't expect everyones immediate help but some input if you have the time would be great.

Last saturday I left my car at work inside the warehouse and used the work truck to move some stuff on my day off. I came back monday morning to find my car wouldn't start. After jumping it and leaving it running for a few minutes I re-parked it outside, I also realized the switch for the dome light was pressed on (smart one) so all of my interior lights were turned on for over 24 hrs which was my reason for the drained the battery. I had to jump it again to leave work later that day, and drove around quite a bit that night, until finally parking it at home. It started up fine the next morning and I went to my parents house to grab some stuff and was inside for about 10-15 mins. When I came back out to start the car, it either wouldn't start, or would start for a few seconds and then stall.

At this point I figured it was the battery, so while I was at work (had to get a ride ofcourse) someone took it down and had it checked for me. It needed to be charged a little bit, but then checked out fine. They went and put it back in my car and it started up fine and ran for several minutes, then was turned off. When started again a few minutes later and put into reverse, it stalled.

Today someone suggested hooking it up with jumper cables to another car and seeing if it still dies, and it does. Im not sure if I am really unlucky and something happened to go out right around the time I accidentally drained my battery, or if the battery being dead could have affected something else?

Any ideas?

The vehicle is a 2000 S70 GLT
around 110,000 miles

[mune237]

Check or just go ahead and replace your B battery cable. Common problem.

[TyConn]

I'm pretty sure there's a write up in Bay 13 about how to do this, I saw one somewhere a while back.

[specialk]

It ended up being the fuel pump relay, thanks for the replies guys.