Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

The car:
a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.

Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
entire car is dead. No power anywhere.

I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
the charger anyway.

I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
But try and start it and everything is dead again.

Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
it be??? Any ideas???

Thanks,
David

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable.
The first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the
engine block, it takes the most vibration.


quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> The car:
> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>
> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>
> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> the charger anyway.
>
> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>
> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> it be??? Any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable.
The first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the
engine block, it takes the most vibration.


quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> The car:
> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>
> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>
> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> the charger anyway.
>
> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>
> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> it be??? Any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable.
The first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the
engine block, it takes the most vibration.


quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> The car:
> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>
> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>
> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> the charger anyway.
>
> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>
> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> it be??? Any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
check the battery cables and connections first.

Chris

"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> block, it takes the most vibration.
>
>
> quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The car:
>> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>>
>> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
>> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
>> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
>> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>>
>> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
>> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
>> the charger anyway.
>>
>> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
>> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
>> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>>
>> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
>> it be??? Any ideas???
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
check the battery cables and connections first.

Chris

"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> block, it takes the most vibration.
>
>
> quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The car:
>> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>>
>> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
>> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
>> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
>> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>>
>> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
>> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
>> the charger anyway.
>>
>> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
>> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
>> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>>
>> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
>> it be??? Any ideas???
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
check the battery cables and connections first.

Chris

"RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> block, it takes the most vibration.
>
>
> quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The car:
>> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
>>
>> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
>> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
>> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
>> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
>>
>> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
>> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
>> the charger anyway.
>>
>> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
>> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
>> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
>>
>> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
>> it be??? Any ideas???
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

Well, it did this same thing in November. I thought it was the battery
so I replaced that, and the connectors on the battery cables at the
battery. At that time the battery was showing 50% charge on the
charger gage. This battery is showing 100% on the charger gage and
charging seems to have no affect. Last time the car was jump off
capable, which is how my wife got home with it. This time that does
not seem to bring it back to life. The only thing that seems to do
that is to disconnect the battery and reconnect after letting it set a
while.

I am thinking cables at this point, but I am open to what people think,
Thanks,
David


c wrote:
> It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
> check the battery cables and connections first.
>
> Chris
>
> "RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
> news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> > main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> > cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> > into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> > cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> > first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> > block, it takes the most vibration.
> >
> >
> > quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> The car:
> >> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
> >>
> >> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> >> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> >> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> >> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
> >>
> >> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> >> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> >> the charger anyway.
> >>
> >> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> >> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> >> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
> >>
> >> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> >> it be??? Any ideas???
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> >>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

Well, it did this same thing in November. I thought it was the battery
so I replaced that, and the connectors on the battery cables at the
battery. At that time the battery was showing 50% charge on the
charger gage. This battery is showing 100% on the charger gage and
charging seems to have no affect. Last time the car was jump off
capable, which is how my wife got home with it. This time that does
not seem to bring it back to life. The only thing that seems to do
that is to disconnect the battery and reconnect after letting it set a
while.

I am thinking cables at this point, but I am open to what people think,
Thanks,
David


c wrote:
> It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
> check the battery cables and connections first.
>
> Chris
>
> "RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
> news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> > main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> > cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> > into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> > cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> > first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> > block, it takes the most vibration.
> >
> >
> > quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> The car:
> >> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
> >>
> >> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> >> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> >> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> >> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
> >>
> >> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> >> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> >> the charger anyway.
> >>
> >> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> >> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> >> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
> >>
> >> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> >> it be??? Any ideas???
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> >>

Re: Jeep dead (electrical power loss) SOS....
 

Well, it did this same thing in November. I thought it was the battery
so I replaced that, and the connectors on the battery cables at the
battery. At that time the battery was showing 50% charge on the
charger gage. This battery is showing 100% on the charger gage and
charging seems to have no affect. Last time the car was jump off
capable, which is how my wife got home with it. This time that does
not seem to bring it back to life. The only thing that seems to do
that is to disconnect the battery and reconnect after letting it set a
while.

I am thinking cables at this point, but I am open to what people think,
Thanks,
David


c wrote:
> It could also just be a battery that has gone bad too, but like Roy said,
> check the battery cables and connections first.
>
> Chris
>
> "RoyJ" <spamless@microsoft.net> wrote in message
> news:FOWrg.5132$ye3.4573@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > The 'click and bam' sounds like you lost one of the connections on the
> > main cables, quite common. Trace out the positive and negative battery
> > cables, look for one with a loose fit at the crimp where the cable goes
> > into the battery clamp or lug. If you can get some power going, feel the
> > cable ends (carefully!). When you find a hot one, replace that cable. The
> > first one I'd look at is the ground cable where it attaches to the engine
> > block, it takes the most vibration.
> >
> >
> > quincy451@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> The car:
> >> a 97 Jeep Grande Cheerokee Larado 2 WD inline 6 cyclinder.
> >>
> >> Car has been running fine until today. I completed a short trip,
> >> and got home. Then I went to make another short trip. And
> >> I turn the key on to start the car and I hear a click and bam the
> >> entire car is dead. No power anywhere.
> >>
> >> I charged the battery to no avail. The jump setting from the
> >> battery charger was a no go. It showed good voltage on
> >> the charger anyway.
> >>
> >> I disconnected the battery and left it like that for a while. Then
> >> I reconnected the cables. At that point the lights where back.
> >> But try and start it and everything is dead again.
> >>
> >> Something when I go to start it is killing everything. What might
> >> it be??? Any ideas???
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> >>