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jlinkinlee
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Apr 11, 2012, 6:15 PM

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A turn of the key and it won't even try to turn over. When I try to jump it, I just get the clicking sound and an occasional attempt of the motor to start. all the gauges and electronics in the dash/radio come on and off intermittently. I was able to jump it and get it home earlier, but now a couple hours later, I tried to jump it to test the voltage on the running battery and I can't get it started no matter how long I leave it hooked up and charging from the jump. the static battery reads 12.5 v on the volt meter, but i can't test it running to see if the alternator is doing it's job.


(This post was edited by jlinkinlee on Apr 11, 2012, 6:16 PM)


nickwarner
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Apr 11, 2012, 7:09 PM

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Clean the battery connections til shiny on both ends of the cables. See what it does then. Caravans love to grow trees on their posts.


Discretesignals
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Apr 11, 2012, 8:22 PM

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Dodges are very sensitive to battery voltages. Wacky things will happen if you have a bad battery or bad connections on those.

Also have the battery tested. Shorted plates will cancel out your jumping attempts.





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jlinkinlee
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Apr 12, 2012, 12:41 AM

Post #4 of 7 (7369 views)
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okay, thx, i'll clean up the posts real good and try again. i appreciate the help


jlinkinlee
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Apr 12, 2012, 8:34 PM

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went to brush off posts and noticed the negative connection was really loose. not sure why i didn't notice that when i jumped it.Unimpressed all good now. thanks for the tips


neohuntr
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Jul 30, 2012, 3:19 PM

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This happened to me too but it was the positive battery lead that was loose. Have you had any problems since then?

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Hammer Time
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Jul 30, 2012, 3:22 PM

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Please don't respond to old threads.



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