Reasons why battery not charging.

Asked by Mike Dec 28, 2020 at 10:37 AM about the 2002 Dodge Dakota SLT Club Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2002 dakota slt ,4x4, 4.7 , battery is
good and altenator is too but will not
charge?? Any ideas what the issue could
be?

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Have you put a voltmeter on battery as car is running? Turn on blower, radio, plug something in cigarette plug. 13.4 or higher? If not you may not have good performance on alternator. I had one in the shop once that was putting out 13.2 volts but that was low end on spec and van could not adequately charge battery.

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