Car went dead
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Car went dead Battery was a little weak so I jumped it with annother car. Drove it around the block a few times with no problems. Went to pull into the driveway and it just died. Hit the key and nothing, no lights , no clicking, nothing. checked all the fuses, all good. anybody????
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Your alternator must be bad. Your car will run for a short time using the battery power until it gone. Old rule of thumb: you can remove a battery terminal from a run motor and it will not die, but if he alternator is bad motor will stall out.
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Thats the funny part, the battery was not dead. I'm thinking there is a bad cable somewhere. Gonna check them tomorrow and get a new battery.
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From: Manteno,illinois
It was a 3 year old interstate battery that i keep on a 1 amp trickle charge. Bought a new battery from Farm & Fleet and everything is back to normal. Thanks for all the advice fellas.
I was just adding to what G Atsma had said and when you lose everything like that it's due to a faulty connection somewhere. I've seen it happen with my truck which turned out to be a loose connection at the battery terminal.
Oh yeah I've heard its not a good idea to test an alternator like that in today's cars due to the fact the system needs the alternator and battery to be in good working order.