jonicshi Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Anyone have troubles in this area. Any place to check first. After jump start, runs great, and restarts, but won't hold charge overnight. Don't want to spend a lot of money to have it checked for nothing. Anyone think it may be alternator? Battery is a Mopar, new in 9/03, but disconnected during storage. It ran well for 2 months after reconnecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCParts Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Have you checked to see if your pull-down motor is not turning off? I believe there have been some articles about that in the TC America newsletters.Larrywww.TCParts.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonicshi Posted August 2, 2004 Author Share Posted August 2, 2004 Thanks for response. Hard Top is on and has been since last year. Going to have battery checked first. Maybe a defective one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tstreet Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 Place a meter in series between positive cable and positive battery terminal. You should have less than .040 amps of current drain. If you don't have a volt meter you could use a small 12 volt bulb and probalbly you will see a bright light if it is drawing down a fully charged battery. This will determine if you have a short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Backes Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 If I had to guess, I'd say that you have a light that's on. Perhaps the trunk or tire compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonicshi Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 Thanks for your replies. Had the "new" battery tested and it was found to be defective with a dead cell. Dealer replaced free of charge and car is up and running well again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonicshi Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 Thanks for reply. See my new post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonicshi Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 Thanks for reply. See new post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILUVTOMJONES Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 How would you get to those articles in the TC newsletter. I'm researching this same problem with my 91 TC. I'm trying to sell her and would prefer to have this problem fixed before I put a sign on her.Thanks,Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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