DaMiKe2d
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- July 31, 2014
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- City, State
- Atlanta, GA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Ford Explorer Sport
I have had this issue for the past year and cannot find a fix. The only way to get my 94 Explorer Sport to start is if I jump it off. I have a brand new 10 year battery from Costco, the alternator tested good, and I changed out the entire battery cables from the battery to the starter.
The truck runs fine when it is started but as soon as I turn it off, it will not start right afterwards. I was thinking there could be a drain and removed the radio bc it stopped working around the same time this started happening. My 2 year old put pennies in the CD player and a little bit after that I smelt a burning smell. As I said I removed it and taped up the wires to make sure nothing was touching but this didn't work either. The burning smell only happened that one time.
I am unsure of where to continue. Sounds like a huge pain to follow every electrical component and I'd probably end up tearing everything up doing that. I was going to do the test light thing on the battery but everyone I talk to says if it was a drain that it wouldn't be immediate and that fast, as in as soon as I turn the truck off and try to restart it. But it definitely kills the battery each time for some reason. They have told me 2 times in the past year that it was an bad battery but I cannot see that being the case.
If no one has a solution, any ideas of an expert place to take it to get checked in Atlanta? Everywhere I read, people say they get the runaround and they can never find the exact problem when it comes to the charging system.
Thanks in advance guys! I'm a newbie here but have always loved the advice this site has provided.
The truck runs fine when it is started but as soon as I turn it off, it will not start right afterwards. I was thinking there could be a drain and removed the radio bc it stopped working around the same time this started happening. My 2 year old put pennies in the CD player and a little bit after that I smelt a burning smell. As I said I removed it and taped up the wires to make sure nothing was touching but this didn't work either. The burning smell only happened that one time.
I am unsure of where to continue. Sounds like a huge pain to follow every electrical component and I'd probably end up tearing everything up doing that. I was going to do the test light thing on the battery but everyone I talk to says if it was a drain that it wouldn't be immediate and that fast, as in as soon as I turn the truck off and try to restart it. But it definitely kills the battery each time for some reason. They have told me 2 times in the past year that it was an bad battery but I cannot see that being the case.
If no one has a solution, any ideas of an expert place to take it to get checked in Atlanta? Everywhere I read, people say they get the runaround and they can never find the exact problem when it comes to the charging system.
Thanks in advance guys! I'm a newbie here but have always loved the advice this site has provided.