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>park car for 45min after a short drive
>go to start it back up again but car won't start, no power to anything at all
>terminals were a bit corroded so I cleaned them up
>not even the accessory lights that I have wired directly to the battery will work
>it eventually starts after being jumped by another car and me messing around with the terminals some more
>drive it home and go to start it again a few hours later
>starts and runs for less than 5 seconds then dies and it has no power to anything again
>check battery with volt meter and it's reading 12.4V
I'm not good with electrical stuff at all and I need to get it running again ASAP. Would anyone know what the issue could be? I'd imagine that if the battery has 12.4V, at lease the accessory lights I have wired directly to the battery would work, but they don't.
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>>17356792
Check all connections again, engine ground strap, battery to alternater...
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>>17356792
12.4v is too low. should be 12.6+
you could have a very loose cable somewhere, or a bad link, or a loose fuseable link.
test your voltage when the car is running, should be over 14v
when the car is running jiggle shit
post pics
year/make/model
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>>17356836
Will do.
>>17356855
Even if 12.4V is too low, wouldn't I at least have some stuff work? Shouldn't the dash lights, radio, etc still come on? I get that loose connections and that type of thing would prevent it from starting, but those accessory lights I have are wired directly to the battery and they aren't working either. That's what's kind of throwing me off. The car is a 99 Cherokee.
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