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HALP - So I'm driving my other truck (2008 F150) to a gym meet out of town. ABS light comes on while going down the highway. I was looking at the gauges, and all of the sudden all of them are dead. The truck was still running fine. I pulled off and parked it. I tried to start it again and all I heard was "Click click click" like the battery was dead. The interior lights seemed pretty dim too. I popped the hood, and the little green window on the OE battery was green with a little spot in the middle.
Questions:
Are those little green indicators are worth anything in analyzing battery condition?
If my battery just took a poop, would my truck act like that? I would think the alternator would keep things going unless it went dead open - which it didn't since the interior lights still worked?
Any other ideas?
I just left it in a parking lot about 30 miles away and fortunately my wife hadn't left home yet and the crew going to the meet grabbed an extra car. I didn't have much time trying to diagnose - Ranger to the rescue tomorrow.
Questions:
Are those little green indicators are worth anything in analyzing battery condition?
If my battery just took a poop, would my truck act like that? I would think the alternator would keep things going unless it went dead open - which it didn't since the interior lights still worked?
Any other ideas?
I just left it in a parking lot about 30 miles away and fortunately my wife hadn't left home yet and the crew going to the meet grabbed an extra car. I didn't have much time trying to diagnose - Ranger to the rescue tomorrow.