Senior Posted October 27, 2024 Share Posted October 27, 2024 There is a ticking noise and the car will not start when I hook up a charger the ticking stops and I can start the car. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Posted November 2, 2024 Author Share Posted November 2, 2024 On 10/27/2024 at 4:23 AM, Senior said: There is a ticking noise coming from the left of the battery and the car will not start and no electrical devices are working. When I hook up a charger the ticking stops and I can start the car and all is good until next time. Any ideas? Expand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDinNHandAZ Posted November 3, 2024 Share Posted November 3, 2024 Probably a bad battery, poor battery connections, poor ground connection, or defective relay in order of likeliness high to low. Does the ticking happen with the key off or only with it on or attempting to start? What you can do: Attach a battery charger and let it run for hours monitoring that it shows current going into the battery. If the van then will start suspect a bad battery. Go to an auto parts store and have the battery tested instead if that is easier. Good luck let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Posted November 4, 2024 Author Share Posted November 4, 2024 On 11/3/2024 at 12:08 PM, RDinNHandAZ said: Probably a bad battery, poor battery connections, poor ground connection, or defective relay in order of likeliness high to low. Does the ticking happen with the key off or only with it on or attempting to start? What you can do: Attach a battery charger and let it run for hours monitoring that it shows current going into the battery. If the van then will start suspect a bad battery. Go to an auto parts store and have the battery tested instead if that is easier. Good luck let us know. Expand Thank you for replying. The ticking has been present when the car is off. I will get it tested. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Posted November 5, 2024 Author Share Posted November 5, 2024 On 11/4/2024 at 7:07 PM, Senior said: Thank you for replying. The ticking has been present when the car is off. I will get it tested. Regards Expand Thank you new battery and no problems. Regards windguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty150 Posted November 6, 2024 Share Posted November 6, 2024 What kind of battery did you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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