Battery drains fast.

Asked by Guru97ZLH Jul 25, 2017 at 08:53 PM about the 1998 Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

As soon as I hook up the battery the volts drop fast.
I can watch it go from 12.6 to 5 in seconds. I tried a
second one and it did the same thing. computer?
1998 Dodge Ram 1500

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beatupchevy answered 7 years ago

I think you got a major short , pull each fuse till you locate it , or take them all out and put them back one at a time till it pops up

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