Late model Dakotas ( and Durangos) are notorious for batteries going bad
early on. I only got 2 years out of my stock battery. My dad only got a year
and half out the stock battery in is Durango. Just change it out and clean
your terminals with some baking soda and water. When you buy a new battery,
buy some of those 99 cent anti-corrosion rings. They work great.
Alex
97 CC Sport V8 5spd
----- Original Message -----
From: <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:57 PM
Subject: DML: Bad Battery Cell or Something Else?
> ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I leave work, jump in truck and PHFFFFFFT!
Nutin!
> Get a jump and the light brightens up (under hood light), it starts
> momentarily but dies right afterwards. After that it wouldn't even take a
jump
> (cables were smokin' real good though!)... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
>
> Because it won't take a jump I'm thinking bad cell but that's as far as my
> simple mind will go... What do you guru's think? Should I just through a
> battery at it or is there something else I should be checking?? Oh yeah,
my
> bat. cables are big time corroded with whatever that stuff is that
oxidizes on
> the terminals... Does that mean anything?
> Tom
> '98 Sport, V8, 4x4 CC
>
> P.S. Please help soon as I gotta' drive a Terd Exploder (w/Firestone
tires no
> less!) until I get my rig up and running again. Thanks!
>
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