Turning over

Asked by GuruZMS5L Dec 03, 2017 at 10:54 AM about the 2001 Chevrolet Tracker LT 4-Door 4WD

Question type: General

Turned tracker off to get gas, went to start and
nothing, all lights and dinging in can works, have
new battery.  I tryed jumping and nothing. Changed
starter and still nothing.

2 Answers

Sounds to me like your battery terminals need cleaning. Had same problem with my Pontiac. Al lights and dinging in car worked because there was enough of a connection for that light electrical load;, but when I went to start the car the battery kept cutting out and everything went "dead" - and I could not jump start it. Reason was battery terminals were not making good contact with the battery cable connectors. I disconnected the cables, sprayed everything with WD-40, reconnected cables and BINGO - started right up.

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If you know battery is good and well connected, try a voltage drop test to the starter (see attached pic). Can also try swapping out starter relay.

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