I had the same problem. And was getting pretty mad then I decided to take off the battery terminals andrive saw that they were really dirty. I took and fine cut file and clean them. Then the clicking went away and it started right up

 

Welcome samcheeze, by the way you are responding to a long dead thread. Might want to look at the date in the upper left side of the post you are replying to.

 

Well the thread is now 10+ years old, but is still relevant because it just happed to me and my '98 Dakota, which is still running fine w/ 365K; just heard the clock-like ticking noise this morning as I was driving to work.

 

Any new information?

 

Hi needmoremoney, I know this is a really old post, but I have the same exact issue on my 98 Dakota (click-click-click behind glove box, etc.). Was it your alternator that needed replacing or something else? A quick test of my alternator showed that it's good. Thanks very much!