Slow cranking, fire up

[kmartin]

This evening, for first time, I came to my vehicle. The starter cranked slow, but engine did fire up. After it fire up, there was clicking sounds. The needle on the gauges were bouncing around, the cluster light was flickering. That last a few seconds till it cleared up. Then things ran normal. My resettable mileage counter went to zero. I drove home no problem. What would cause that?

 

[BCancilla]

I had similar issues with my 2004 Explorer when the battery voltage was low while working through bad ground and a shorting connection to power distribution box.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Yeah, it sounds like you have a bad battery connection.

 

[kmartin]

I pretty sure it is a bad battery. It got worse fast. Couldn’t hold a charge anymore to start it.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Very possible. Easy fix, at least.