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Posted: Tue Mar 12th, 2019 11:48 am

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So, I set aside working on the Ranger for a while and kept both battery cables attached to the battery and haven't run the truck since my last post. When I tried to start it up a few weeks ago, nothing happened. It's as if the truck doesn't even have a battery. I plugged in the CTEK charger, but the battery won't accept the charge. According to the manual, the battery might be bad or a connection is off. However, I'm not doing anything differently than I did in the past when everything worked.

I'm wondering if the battery could have gone bad over the past 6 months or so? I find that hard to believe since it just sat in the truck all winter. But if the battery is ok, why won't it accept a charge? I'm hesitant to jump start the truck since I think I did it improperly or something as a few lights no longer work (brake light, turn signal, etc.). I could also take the battery to the local car parts store, but I'm curious as to what you guys think.

Thanks ahead for all your help.

Last edited on Tue Mar 12th, 2019 11:48 am by mh9162013