electrical prob i think

[rz5.0]

i pulled up to my house today and when i try to startmy car again it just clicked and everything shut off. and i tryed again nothing . like there is no juice at all. after a while every thing came back on but when i try to start samething happens. when i say everything came on i mean lights work radio works evrything but the car wont start. does not even turn over. like when your battery is loose. im going to check my ground right now. any more ideas are welcome

 

[danielson631]

everything is on bc there is only enough juice to keep those things going but not enough to start the car.
maybe you need a new battery, or maybe top it off with distilled water and charge it. how old is the battery?
like you said checking the ground is a good idea and make sure they are tight on the terminals.

another thing to consider is the condition of your alternator, maybe thats what cause your battery to die?


i had this happen to me several times, the negative terminal wouldnt tighten down all the way so it would be loose and sometimes the car would click and then die. i would wedge it down somehow and it wouldnt happen that often but then one day i was making a u-turn at 3am and the car died i was like holy FCK i have no hazrds and my car is all black, in the middle of a crazy intersection. i immediately got out and pushed the ground back on which had came completely off and then i was on my way.

i left it for so long bc i was waiting to relocate my battery to the trunk

 

[ivan12]

I had to replace my ground terminal 2 days ago. By looking at it it looked fine, but when I went to tighten it it was very deteriorated from the bottom and wouldn't tighten up. Check your ground from the block to the chasis and your ground from your battery to the chassis. Your problem sounds exactly like the one I had

 

[rz5.0]

it was my connection to my battery they were tight and looked good but once i cleaned them it stared right up.