my car is dead - is it the battery?

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LouisB - 04 Feb 2007 15:39 GMT

Well, not exactly dead. When I turn over the ignition, all the dash warning
lights come on but all I hear is a loud ticking. Almost a solenoid type
sound but not quite. As it is street parked it is a bugger to yank out the
battery and charge it so I thought I'd see if anyone here had any ideas?

TIA

LouisB

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Vic Dura - 04 Feb 2007 16:39 GMT

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:39:00 GMT, "LouisB"
<louisREMOVEberkREMOVE2002@hotmail.REMOVEcom> wrote Re my car is dead
- is it the battery?:

>Well, not exactly dead. When I turn over the ignition, all the dash warning
>lights come on but all I hear is a loud ticking. Almost a solenoid type
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
>LouisB

It sounds like the battery. How old is it?

You might try removing the connections on both battery terminals and
cleaning them, then reattach.

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Louis Ohland - 04 Feb 2007 18:45 GMT

My 2001 Focus was starting to struggle starting, and this was in the
summer (battery about 4 years old)... I noticed the green "eye" was
dark, so I took it to a local shop. The mechanic told me a cell was
dead, luckily the one with the "eye" in it, or I wouldn't have known
there was something not right with the battery...

So if you have ignition issues, and have a low/no maintenance battery
with an "eye" and it is green, it doesn't mean that another cell has not
gone south. YMMV

> On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:39:00 GMT, "LouisB"
> <louisREMOVEberkREMOVE2002@hotmail.REMOVEcom> wrote Re my car is dead
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> You might try removing the connections on both battery terminals and
> cleaning them, then reattach.

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Michael Heiming - 04 Feb 2007 19:08 GMT

In alt.autos.ford.focus LouisB <louisREMOVEberkREMOVE2002@hotmail.removecom>:

> Well, not exactly dead. When I turn over the ignition, all the dash warning
> lights come on but all I hear is a loud ticking. Almost a solenoid type
> sound but not quite. As it is street parked it is a bugger to yank out the
> battery and charge it so I thought I'd see if anyone here had any ideas?

Most likely the battery, how old is the car/battery?

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Heather155 - 06 Feb 2007 03:22 GMT

I am having the same problems with my 01 Ford Focus. Did any of those help
you? I think my problem is the alternator or starter still not sure though

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