I think there is a short in the electrical system somewhere.

The car doesn't seem to hold a charge or have enough power to turn the crank. While the car is hooked up to another car and jumped, the car starts up fine.

Once all the jumpers are off, the car continues to run fine.

Its when I turn off the car that problems begin. First off the voltmeter from my system is saying that it is losing its charge. going from 12.5v and slowly dipping down to 9.0v. Then oddly it went back up to around 11.1v. I tried starting the car and I get nothing. I hear a click coming from the dash, but then everything just dies after that.

This occured with my old battery. And the new battery is having the same issue?

What should I look for here?


Modified by silentdeath12886 at 12:29 PM 8/22/2008

 

Bump. Need this fixed before school starts!

 

someone help him.
i too have the same exact problem.
recently replaced starter and the alternator.
tested battery and its fine.