Hi, I'd appreciate any help at all. I have a 1997 Dodge Neon and first off my battery would

drain when I go to sleep overnight, but sometimes itd last for days. We fixed that by pulling the

fuse to my A/C that was under the hood (big square fuse that was accompanied by about 5-7

others probably) (it was keeping in the on position, you could actually hear it click on and off if

you wiggled the fuse). That was over with though after we pulled the A/C fuse. Then,

sometimes when you turned the key it would just click, banging on the starter working, or

bypassing the selenoid (by touchin them 2 nuts together on the starter/selenoid) but now, the

starter has been replaced and it does the same thing sometimes (it wasnt replaced long ago

but I think its the same case, I just dont get why the last one was dead complately and this one

is working one and off if its not completely the starter thats the problem, do i buy a brand new

starter? is something slowly breaking the starter?), and bypassing the selenoid doesnt even

work sometimes, you dont even see a spark when you touch them to nuts together which I was

told you should, no doubt about it. Since I've installed the new starter It only DIDNT start at all

ONCE, thats when nothing would work, from banging to bypassing the starter/selenoid, but a

few times, when I turned the key itd click, then I turn the key again and it would start. Is this a

power issue or what? I have a subwoofer and amp connected to my battery (one wire) that

both shut off when the car is off. The battery is brand new its definitely not the battery ive also

checked the volts and all of that. The starter, its my second one...I just dont think its the

starter again and neither does my friend who has been dealing with cars for a long time. I think

it may be another problem in that fuse box thats under my hood, but then, again, why was that

starter dead completely? Damn what I should have did was checked if that last one would

power up when connected to a power source. Anyway, Thank you so much for reading all of

that, I'd appreciate any help or suggestions at all.

 

Have your battery load tested if it is still good then probably just a bad replacement starter. Look for other drains though. Voltage should be above 12.45VDC (75%) to start (if you just turned off the car turn lights on for 30 sec. and then test voltage again.) If you have your multimeter you can test AMP draw should be about 30 mAmps or so. If much more you have something still draining the battery.

 

Have you tried simply cleaning the battery terminals and grounds, You should start there.