BEST BUY RUINED MY CAR, now it wont start ...

I had a remote car starter installed in my 2011 toyota rav4 and now its completley draining my battery and causing my car to die. I recently had to call AAA figuring it was a battery issue as I could hear the humming coming from the vehicle as it continually tries to turn the car on. So AAA gets to my home and basically cant even start the battery at first, it takes him a few tries and I even opt to replace it. Now qith a new battery the noise is still humming from the starter and my BRAND NEW battery is almost dead. I call best buy and no one is even helping me at first. I show up at a local one and ask if the kid working can take a look at it. After wating 3 hours he takes everything apart and reinstalls it and the car seems to be fine and is starting fine etc. Not a few days later the noise starts again and now my car is dead for a seconf time. I will be contacting the BBB to start an investigation into this issue, its ridiculous I have to wait a week to even be seen and that my car is completely messed up and undrivable making me miss work etc.

Yeah i contacted th BBB already when he took it apart and put it back in he said the remote starter was fine then a few days later it was acting up again. I took it to my mechanic who took a look at it and said it was the remote starter causing an issue due to a hack job with the wiring underneath causing some short to go on. The car without keys in it makes almost like a humming sound almost like the starter wants to start the car it does it on and off untilt he battery is so drained I cant start the car again. This is super fustrating.

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