I have 99 Durango 5.9 Liter, that wont start this happened a day after I installed a new battery. When you turn the ignition all you here is one click and nothing happens. I thought this meant it was the starter so today I changed the starter and bought a brand new one to make sure it wasnt a remanned starter issue. Now its still doing the same thing and im stumped.

Right before this happened I drove it to work and when I got in my car to go home there was a clicking noise, it seemed like it was coming from inside the passenger side front console to the right of the of the glove box. I then popped the truck and felt and heard the same clicking noise coming from the main fuse box inside.

I hope this is enough info for someone to help

 

have you tried jumpstarting it? the clicking sounds like something that is drawing power, if that is the case it could be drawing the battery down and not leaving enough power to turn the truck over.

the other possibility is a bad starter relay in the PDC (black box under the hood with fuses and relays in it)

 

The clicking noise is coming from your CTM in your dash because you have a 1999.

The reason it is doing this is because of a bad connection at the battery or bad battery wire. Most likely your battery terminals are dirty and corroded. Go to a auto parts store and get a post and terminal brush and clean them good. Tool should cost about 2 or 3 bucks.

 

The battery is brand new and when I change it I cleaned all the terminals. I guess a bad battery wire is also possible. So if I check all the connections and triple check its clean am I replacing a starter relay ?

 

I tried jump starting just in case and also tested the volts on the battery it has enough juice and does the same thing when being jump started

 

I already answered this question. Clean the connections or replace the battery cables.

 

Are the connections tight? Sounds to me like the battery is losing connection when your hitting the key because of loose connections somewhere or bad cables. Listen to hydra!

 

I had the same thing with my a couple of months ago. pulled the positive cable's terminal off (it unbolts) then clipped the negative one off (it doesn't have bolts) then I replaced them with Brass terminals. You can get them at walmart or auto stores. never had a problem since. Before it would take a two or three sec to start now it fires right up.

 

I did the same thing a while back and have been good since

 

Had the same issue a few months ago... turns out that the plastic tabs the hold the terminals in the PDC to the starter relay had broke and when i would install the relay it would push the terminals down and not allow them to make a proper connection to the relay. once i fixed that she started right up..

not saying that's your issue but, its worth a look..