Dead battery question, HELP!!!!!
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Le Mans Master
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Dead battery question, HELP!!!!!
Left the V1 on for a few weeks and battery is dead. Tried to jump it. When I hooked up the cables all lights were bright etc, but when I went to crank it just made this loud ,click, click ,click,click sound and would not engage. Went and got a battery tender from Sears and hooked it up. As soon as I plugged it in I heard this quieter click, click, click and the hood light blinked with that noise and I could hear something going on in the rear of the car as well. What is up? Any ideas????
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by viperZ06
Left the V1 on for a few weeks and battery is dead. Tried to jump it. When I hooked up the cables all lights were bright etc, but when I went to crank it just made this loud ,click, click ,click,click sound and would not engage. Went and got a battery tender from Sears and hooked it up. As soon as I plugged it in I heard this quieter click, click, click and the hood light blinked with that noise and I could hear something going on in the rear of the car as well. What is up? Any ideas????
Could the clicking in the back be a CD changer? I think there's a lot of stuff that has to re-set after a dead battery incident.
Is your car starting OK now?
RonJ ...
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The clicking was probably coming from your fuse box in the passenger floor. I think you probably just were not getting enough power to the battery to charge it. Or it didnt have enough charge yet to start your car.
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St. Jude Donor '06
He's right, it does come from the back of the car... I did the same thing on a dead battery.. When I put the charger on it, it was so dead it took a couple minutes to charge it enough to run these things from the battery itself... When you first put the charger on, the charging you put into the battery goes directly to the items starving for juice... (Not really but you know what I mean...) aNd you hear the clicking he mentioned...
I never thought about it that it might be the CD changer... maybe that's why mine no longer works?
Actually, I wondered if it was the fuel pump but since the key was not on, it shouldn't have been...
I had this happen only once, last spring I think... I'm not always good about keeping the tender on if I think I'm going to drive it in the next week or two... Otherwise, it needs it to be on... as you all know!!
I never thought about it that it might be the CD changer... maybe that's why mine no longer works?
Actually, I wondered if it was the fuel pump but since the key was not on, it shouldn't have been...
I had this happen only once, last spring I think... I'm not always good about keeping the tender on if I think I'm going to drive it in the next week or two... Otherwise, it needs it to be on... as you all know!!
