Is this a battery or an electrical issue??

Asked by James Jul 28, 2015 at 07:34 PM about the 2004 Ford Taurus SES

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

For the past couple of days when I tried to start my car, it's AS IF the battery is dead for a
few minutes. The dash is blank, there are no sounds and the radio is dead, even when
turning the key. A few minutes later, without not doing a thing, everything goes back to
normal and the car starts up just fine. This has happened three times now. What could the
issue be? The battery is fine.

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firebird338 answered 9 years ago

Remove and clean battery terminals and check and tighten connections to starter solinold and starter.

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James answered 9 years ago

I heard somewhere that you can use Coke to clean corroded terminals. Is this true?

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firebird338 answered 9 years ago

Yes but it just cleans the outside you need to remove terminals and clean between the battery post and the terminal.

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Toitoine answered 9 years ago

It could be the battery terminals or worst case scenario, it could be the switch going bad.

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