Hello!

I have a 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS. I changed the battery last August of 2022 and a couple months later had issues with starting the car. The car would click a few times before starting. This didn't happen every time but it was somewhat frequent. I had bought the battery from Walmart (it was a cheap $60 one) so I took back to test and it was dead. I figured the battery was just a dud and got another one.

In late October it started happening again, but this time the battery tested fine. I kept infrequently being unable to start in until I took it again for a test and the battery was shot again. I got it replaced again but this time I started thinking something else in the car was killing my battery.

Within the past week I've run tests on the starter and alternator which both came back fine and had a second test done on both at O'Reilly's that came out fine. I did volt drop tests on the cables but never got anything past .15 or .16 so cable are fine. I changed the battery terminals out because they were pretty corroded. Battery is a week old and tests fine. Starter relay is fine. I still have the same problem with an occasional couple clicks before the start and can't figure out what it could be since everything is coming back fine.

Any ideas would be appreciated!