truck wont start, battery still good.

50

Asked by marySA Aug 13, 2011 at 01:37 PM about the 2005 Dodge RAM 3500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

was absolutely still driving the day before, next morning, dead only clicking noise.I jump started it with spare battery, It went fine, did not do much driving. next morning, dead, took two battery's to get it going.Took it to Auto Zone nothing wrong with any one of the battery's. It seems like it starts fine next couple of times, if its not left for longer than about 30 min.longer than that it just wont start.I tried to move a dumpster, could not move it....could it have any relation? Also might have left my fog lights on for one night.But I thought it would have charged the battery again by driving?
Please any help!  

10 Answers

33,835

does your battery light come on? you may have partially burnt out your alternator after leaving your fog lights on and letting the alternator charge the battery its self id sayreplace the alternator

5 people found this helpful.
33,835

well if you have access to a DVOM put it on volts DC connect it to positive and negative on the battery, with the truck off you should have between 11.5 and 12.5 volts any thing under that and you need new batteries, with the truck running any thing under 14 volts is a bad alternator

2 people found this helpful.
50

Thank you for trying to help, but I have no clue what you are saying. I am a woman and dont know much about cars. They did test the Alternator as well the battery's as at Autozone, .They said that both battery's and the Alternator was fine.

3 people found this helpful.
33,835

well i have a 2004.5 ram 3500, and basically i use my truck for towing and recovery and what not like that, and from jump starting cars and other diesels, eventually what would happen is my alternator would stop working and the truck would pretty much just run off the batteries. it turned on my check gauges light and my voltmeter on the clusterwas at 8. if you go in your truck and turn the key on andoff4 times with the key ending in the on position it will flash any codes that are in your trucks computer, im willing to bet you have a code for low charging voltage or some thing along those lines.

8 people found this helpful.
40

the fuel pump inside on the tank no work 98 dodge ran 3500

4 people found this helpful.
30

How do u know when a starter or what is our on a dodge 3500 The batteries show good Truck will not start fuel getting in still clocks

3 people found this helpful.
40

I have a 96 3500. It will turn over but does not start. I have changed the gas selinod, twice. If I push the plunger up it starts

4 people found this helpful.
120

ram 3500 2016 cummings 6.7 deiseal will not start after sitting for one week. It just clicks and all lights are on. Will not turnover.

12 people found this helpful.

Your Answer:

RAM 3500

Looking for a Used RAM 3500 in your area?

CarGurus has 29 nationwide RAM 3500 listings starting at $13,888.

Postal Code:

CarGurus Experts

  • #1
    Dan Connell
    Reputation
    1,220
  • #2
    Dave Turgeon
    Reputation
    840
  • #3
    hacksaw77864
    Reputation
    490
View All

Find great deals from top-rated dealers

Search

Related Models For Sale

Used Dodge RAM 2500
27 listings starting at $4,000
Used Ford F-350 Super Duty
36 Great Deals out of 2,603 listings starting at $8,888
Used Ford F-250 Super Duty
27 Great Deals out of 1,201 listings starting at $8,995
Used Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD
20 Great Deals out of 1,146 listings starting at $8,999
Used GMC Sierra 2500HD
17 Great Deals out of 1,712 listings starting at $12,900
Used Ford F-450 Super Duty
3 Great Deals out of 147 listings starting at $27,995
Used Dodge RAM 1500
4 Great Deals out of 80 listings starting at $4,000
Used Chevrolet Silverado 3500
1 listings starting at $12,999
Used Ford F-150
299 Great Deals out of 15,725 listings starting at $1,712
Used Chevrolet Silverado 1500
171 Great Deals out of 5,940 listings starting at $3,995

Content submitted by Users is not endorsed by CarGurus, does not express the opinions of CarGurus, and should not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by CarGurus. Please refer to CarGurus Terms of Use. Content will be removed if CarGurus becomes aware that it violates our policies.