troubleshooting Battery

2004 CADILLAC CTS
145,000 MILES • 3.6L • V6 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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DONALD MEEKS
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Why do I have to touch my hot battery cable to the battery until my car starts to turn over and when it cranks and I go to put it in gear it loses power and dies
Oct 9, 2014 at 2:50 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Is the terminal tight and clean, free of corrosion? What do you mean you have to touch it to the battery? It should already be connected.
Oct 9, 2014 at 5:53 PM
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