ron3305
New Member
Twice in the last week I have gone out to start my 2000 Ranger and nothing. No lights, no horn, no start. Both times I have not driven it for over 24 hours before the battery goes dead. The first time I got a jump. The second time, today, I called AAA for a jump. The AAA guy put his meter on the battery, jumped me off and had me do a series of things while he watched the meter. When he was done, he gave me a printout that said everything was OK. Incidentally, I programed the stereo clock again to the correct time.
Later tonight I went out to crank the truck and ran it about 10 minutes, hoping to avoid a dead battery tomorrow. The clock still had the correct time but I noticed it was flashing about once every other second with the truck shut off. The stereo is not on. This is not normal. With the truck turned off the clock is normally off unless someone pushes the clock button on the stereo.
Anyone have an idea what is going on? Can the LED clock display run my battery down? Is the flashing a sign of something?
Later tonight I went out to crank the truck and ran it about 10 minutes, hoping to avoid a dead battery tomorrow. The clock still had the correct time but I noticed it was flashing about once every other second with the truck shut off. The stereo is not on. This is not normal. With the truck turned off the clock is normally off unless someone pushes the clock button on the stereo.
Anyone have an idea what is going on? Can the LED clock display run my battery down? Is the flashing a sign of something?