What happened to you sucks, but it is pretty common for the 2004 Crossfires to be getting new batteries. Was your the original? I assumed it might be since you have a 2004 with 30,000 something miles. Why did you take the battery out of th car? If it was dead, you could have jump started it and with some driving around it would have rehcarged if it was good. You may have needed a new battery anyway.