99 Ford Escort ZX2 won't start

Asked by Christian Aug 10, 2018 at 05:13 PM about the 1999 Ford Escort 2 Dr ZX2 Cool Coupe

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Jumped car ran good parked it then went back out
to start it again didn't run tried jumping it again still
didn't start bought new battery and worked fine
came back out in the morning and didn't start

2 Answers

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Have someone check your alternator? That might be the problem of draining your battery.

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Definitly sounds like an alternator issue. It could still be working but at a minimal level. Get that puppy tested, if that's good sounds like could be a bad ground somewhere possibly. But really pointing towards alternator

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