I today I went to the mall and it's about 10mins away from my house, I got there and parked far out then found a front row so I ran back an brought it up, when I tried to start it the battery seemed as if it was gong to die soon... didn't thin much of it so I went it got y shoes came back out, same thing, so I was in my way home and about 4minutes on my way back and out of nowhere my radio went out. I figured thats weird so I pulled over into a parking lot and turned it off and tried to turn it back on and nothing, completely dead. (I bought a brand new battery 1 month ago). So I had somebody come jump me and all was good for about another 3 minutes until I lost everything again, while driving. I lost radio, gauges, brake lights, EVERYTHING. So at this point I said I'm going straight to the shop. I continued for another 4 mins and then the engine started acting up. I extremely LITTLE power to engine, could even get up to 25 on a 55. by the time I got to the shop the car began jerking. No idea what's going on! If you have any idea please let me know, thanks in advance.

 

Possibly bad alternator?

 

Yeah, you need a new alternator. Not a big deal. If you keep jumping it though, it's gonna kill your battery too.

Edit: You can take it to O'reillys/Autozone/Napa/etc and have them check the battery and alternator for free just to confirm, but it definitely sound like a bad alternator. You're only getting a few minutes of drive time out of it, because you're running just on the battery.

It's definitely something that you can change yourself with just a few tools.