Weird electrical ignition issue
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Weird electrical ignition issue
Hello friends!
Ive got a 2003 Ranger Edge with 180k miles on it, and today it developed a weird electrical problem. I could use some help!
The dome light, hazards, headlights, and dashboard lights all work normally until I turn the key to start the car. With no sound at all from the starter, the power goes out and will not come back. No lights, no radio, nothing.
Ive got a brand new battery, a good alternator, and replaced the ignition switch this afternoon. It didn’t change the problem.
Disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery “resets” the system, and the door light, headlights, etc work normally. (Until I turn the key.)
Is it a short on the way to the starter? A ghost of some kind?
Ive got a 2003 Ranger Edge with 180k miles on it, and today it developed a weird electrical problem. I could use some help!
The dome light, hazards, headlights, and dashboard lights all work normally until I turn the key to start the car. With no sound at all from the starter, the power goes out and will not come back. No lights, no radio, nothing.
Ive got a brand new battery, a good alternator, and replaced the ignition switch this afternoon. It didn’t change the problem.
Disconnecting and then reconnecting the battery “resets” the system, and the door light, headlights, etc work normally. (Until I turn the key.)
Is it a short on the way to the starter? A ghost of some kind?
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12-09-2018
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Not weird, you have a bad connection and when you draw too many amps it heats up and stops passing power, so positive or negative power is not flowing, yes negative is power as well, need both to complete a circuit
So you have a bad battery cable or bad battery cable connection
On the Positive battery cable there will be a smaller cable that runs to engine Fuse box, check that connection, clean it
Also check Fuse 11 in engine fuse box, pull it out and look at the connections/pins, check other fuses in this fuse box as well, looking for corrosion on the pins, not blown fuses
Do forget Negative cable, check where it Bolts to engine, usually near starter motor
Not weird, you have a bad connection and when you draw too many amps it heats up and stops passing power, so positive or negative power is not flowing, yes negative is power as well, need both to complete a circuit
So you have a bad battery cable or bad battery cable connection
On the Positive battery cable there will be a smaller cable that runs to engine Fuse box, check that connection, clean it
Also check Fuse 11 in engine fuse box, pull it out and look at the connections/pins, check other fuses in this fuse box as well, looking for corrosion on the pins, not blown fuses
Do forget Negative cable, check where it Bolts to engine, usually near starter motor
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