Is it normal for a Swift battery to die in a week after getting a jump start?

[Lachlan Hayes]

Something weird happened and I want to know if anyone else has seen it. I work in the Musaffah Industrial Area and drive a petrol Swift that I bought used a few months back. Two weeks ago it would not start after lunch, and a guy from the next workshop gave me a jump. The car ran fine after that, so I forgot about it. Then yesterday the same thing happened again, only this time nobody was around and I waited a long time in the heat. Now I’m thinking the battery was already finished and the jump just gave me a few extra days. A mechanic friend says that is common, and once a battery goes deep flat in this weather it rarely comes back properly. Another friend says it could be the alternator not charging, and a new battery would die the same way. I honestly don’t know which one to believe. I read a few things online to get a basic idea, and one page was about a Genuine Amaron battery for Suzuki Swift petrol in Musaffah Industrial Area, which made me realize I never even checked what brand is in my car right now. The seller never told me, and there’s no receipt. So my first question is, how do you tell if it’s the battery or the alternator before spending money? Is there a simple test a shop can do in a few minutes, and does it cost extra? I also wonder about the size. Does the Swift only fit one size, or is there some room? I heard a wrong one can slide around, and the cables may not reach the terminals. And what about the date sticker? Mine has a letter and a number, and I can’t read it. Is there an easy way to know if a battery is fresh when you buy it? On warranty, what should the paper say, and how long is normal here? The car sits in the open yard all day and I drive only fifteen minutes to work, so does that change what I should buy? If you changed yours recently around Musaffah, please tell me what you paid with fitting, how long it took, and whether anyone can come to the yard, because leaving work for half a day is hard. Short and simple answers are fine, I’m not a car person at all. Thanks.

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