Help please!!!!!!
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Help please!!!!!!
Have a 98 grand Cherokee 4x4 5.2L and battery been dying. This is the 3rd battery I put. Also when is dead it don't want to stay one and when it stays on I drive it and dies on my. I'm tired of this it been like that for a year now don't know what to do
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Year: 1993
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Doesn't sound like it is to me! Are you sure your grounds are connected and tight? How are you sure the alternator is working correctly? Just because its showing that its charging doesn't always mean its good.
Being that you've been driving it like this for a year, if I were you I'd just replace the battery and alternator then double check all the connections at both ends. Your lucky you made it this long without frying the computer.
If all that doesn't work then it could be possible that you DID fry the computer. In these Jeeps the computer is the regulator for the alternator. If its not regulating correctly you'll keep cooking batteries and alternators.
Being that you've been driving it like this for a year, if I were you I'd just replace the battery and alternator then double check all the connections at both ends. Your lucky you made it this long without frying the computer.
If all that doesn't work then it could be possible that you DID fry the computer. In these Jeeps the computer is the regulator for the alternator. If its not regulating correctly you'll keep cooking batteries and alternators.
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intermittent short in alternator--original equipment? an alternator can have an intermittent short-and sometimes it wont show up till ya test it several times--cuz it dont sound like a draw
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can try a test light between positive cable and battery and have a friend remove all fuses, one at a time. When the test light goes out, you know which circuit is causing the issues.