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Honestly, I'm starting to lose my mind a little bit over here. My Pathfinder has been running like a dream for years, but suddenly this month I've had to jump it twice already, and I'm barely driving anywhere since I work from home most days. The first time it happened, I figured I must have left an interior light on or something, but after the second time I started getting paranoid that maybe the alternator is giving up on me, which would be a nightmare expense right before Eid. I took it to a local garage in Al Quoz and the guy there just told me the battery is "weak" and needs replacing, but he couldn't really explain why it drained so fast in the first place. I don't want to throw money at a new battery only to find out the alternator is killing it slowly, you know? I've been doing some reading online to understand the symptoms better and I came across batteryzoneuae.com/nissan-battery-replacement which had some useful info about what to check, but I'm still not entirely convinced it's just the battery since it was only about two years old. Has anyone else experienced something similar with their Nissan? I'm thinking maybe I should just get a proper diagnostic done first instead of guessing, but I also don't want to pay crazy dealership prices just to have them tell me the same thing. Any advice from people who've dealt with this kind of recurring drain issue would be really appreciated because I'm getting tired of calling roadside assistance every other week.