2002 Durango slt
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2002 Durango slt
I have a problem, My Durango if it sets over night will not start without the help of a jump or booster. After I do get it to start it will stay running and continue to start but if left over night then back to a dead battery. I have replaced the battery with a brand new one and for a while it seemed to be fine but now has reverted back to being dead come morning. I'm thinking it must be a short somewhere, is there a issue with 2002 Durangos or maybe a common place I could start to look? I really can't afford to have Dodge fix this for me right now so any help would be, well helpful :-)
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I have a problem, My Durango if it sets over night will not start without the help of a jump or booster. After I do get it to start it will stay running and continue to start but if left over night then back to a dead battery. I have replaced the battery with a brand new one and for a while it seemed to be fine but now has reverted back to being dead come morning. I'm thinking it must be a short somewhere, is there a issue with 2002 Durangos or maybe a common place I could start to look? I really can't afford to have Dodge fix this for me right now so any help would be, well helpful :-)
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Check for a parasitic draw by taking a multimeter set to amps (turn everything off such as dome lights underhood light or you'll blow a fuse in the meter or the meter itself also do not have the key in the ignition).
Pull the negative cable off of the battery, hook the positive lead to the cable and the negative to the negative post of the battery. Leave everything alone for about 10 minutes to allow everything to stabilize. You should only have a small amount of amperage draw. According to my Electrical book normal draw is between 10-30 mA and should not exceed 50 mA. These are generic numbers and if you have a manual it should be able to tell you what the normal and max draw is.
If you have an excessive amount of current draw start pulling fuses out of the fuse block one at a time checking the meter each time to see if it is back to normal. When/if you find a circuit that is drawing excessive amperage let us know and we can help you further.
You can find a cheap multimeter for about 20-30 bucks at any auto parts store if you don't have one. Just take care to follow my instructions to a T or you can fry it or the fuse if it has one very easily when checking amps.
Pull the negative cable off of the battery, hook the positive lead to the cable and the negative to the negative post of the battery. Leave everything alone for about 10 minutes to allow everything to stabilize. You should only have a small amount of amperage draw. According to my Electrical book normal draw is between 10-30 mA and should not exceed 50 mA. These are generic numbers and if you have a manual it should be able to tell you what the normal and max draw is.
If you have an excessive amount of current draw start pulling fuses out of the fuse block one at a time checking the meter each time to see if it is back to normal. When/if you find a circuit that is drawing excessive amperage let us know and we can help you further.
You can find a cheap multimeter for about 20-30 bucks at any auto parts store if you don't have one. Just take care to follow my instructions to a T or you can fry it or the fuse if it has one very easily when checking amps.
Last edited by Mean Green; Nov 1, 2008 at 02:53 PM.
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