1997 Plymoth Grand Voyager

Tiny
TOM AJ
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  • 1997 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • 150,000 MILES
The past few weeks, occaissionally, my car acts as though the battery is dead. When it first happened I replaced the battery. It does fine for a few weeks and than it will do it again. Each time I have someone give me a jump and eventually it will start. This past week I took to battery back to where I had bought it, they checked it out and said it was fully charged. I took it back, put it in the car and it started right up. One mechanic did a diagnostic check and told me everything checked out fine. (Alternator, starter, fuel pump)
Anyway I just went out to start it and once again, it wont do anything. It did click once, and nothing else.
Monday, December 27th, 2010 AT 12:03 AM

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Tiny
JALOPYPAPA
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I had an alternator with worn brushes that tested fine but intermittently would fail, allowing the battery to run down. If the alternator is old, you might go ahead and replace it. Also check for signal from computer to tell the alternator to charge.
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Thursday, January 6th, 2011 AT 4:36 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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You either have corroded or loose battery cables, a bad solenoid on the starter (which can check good and still be bad), or a bad main ground to the engine block. Check those things.
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Monday, January 17th, 2011 AT 7:26 PM

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