I have 2001 Focus that seems to have a problem with starting about every 2 - 3 weeks. When it does not start it clicks like the battery is dead. I have cleaned the battery post and connections on one occation and the car started fine. But about 2 weeks later it does it again. This time I jump started it but when I pulled the jumper cable off , the car dies. So I pulled the + cable off of the battery and hooked the jumper cable to the + cable and gound by-passsing the battery and it did jump start. Put the cable back on tha battery and tried to start but no good. Jump statered again and this time when the jumper cables were removed it continued to run. The car continued to run fine and start fine untill its next scheduled not starting date about three weeks. I also noticed this time that the + terminal is very hot. Is this a ALT problem, bad connection, or battery. Anyone got any ideas:?
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18 years ago