Ignition issue

2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
150,000 MILES • 4.7L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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PUNISHER74
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Turn key over and just get a clicking noise. Does not happen every time but is getting more frequent. If I turn the steering wheel hard one way or the other it will start. help please!
Sep 13, 2017 at 3:01 PM
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STRAILER
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It sounds like the battery is getting weak or you have a bad connection at the battery cable.

Here are a few guides that should help us get the problem fixed:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-car-battery

Please let us know what you find.

Cheers, Ken
Sep 14, 2017 at 3:21 PM
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PUNISHER74
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Battery is good and I have cleaned all the connections. I have seen on some forums possibly ECM? If I turn the key several times it eventually starts with no hiccups. Sorry to be a pain but I have been pulling my hair out. LOL
Sep 14, 2017 at 8:39 PM
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Have you checked the ground strap between the engine and the body? There must be a large cable or strap between the engine block and the chassis/frame.

Send me a video when you find it.

Cheers, Ken
Sep 15, 2017 at 2:18 PM
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DAVID KEISER
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re-position your cable posts
Sep 18, 2017 at 1:47 PM