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redheadedmomma
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:20 AM
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2000 Chevy Venture 94000 miles on it 3.4 lit. V-6
Yesterday went to run errands, was one of those days where it is start/stop at each place. Come out of the laundry mat, turn my key my van acted like it had a dead battery, clicked a little when I turned the key and then everything went dead. No panel lights, nothing. I called someone to come jump me. We couldn't get it to even recognize the cables, everything was black. Wiggle the jumper cables and the panel lights would come on. Then off. This went on for about fourty mins before we got the car started. It ran fine all the way home, I let it run about 20 mins in the driveway. I turned the key off, turned it back on and everything was black. Nothing there at all. Almost like there was no battery connected. When I shut the key off, my gauges jump and make a weird almost grinding sound and no it is chirping, about twenty times after you shut the key off. Then all is quiet. This morning we went out hooked the jumper cables to it, panel jumped to life then died. This is obviously a bad connection somewhere, where do I start looking?
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Hammer Time
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:32 AM
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Have you had the battery itself tested?
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redheadedmomma
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:34 AM
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Battery was fine yesterday tested fine. Now won't hold a charge.
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redheadedmomma
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:36 AM
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Seems to be a bad ground to me. Took forever to find a decent ground while trying to jump it. Something is literally sucking the battery dry.
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Hammer Time
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:48 AM
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Until you confirm your battery is good, then your just spinning your wheels.
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redheadedmomma
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Jun 30, 2010, 7:52 AM
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Thats just it yesterday the battery was tested and fine. Today, it is like it literally died. Was my first thought yesterday was battery.
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Hammer Time
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Jun 30, 2010, 8:04 AM
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You didn't have a problem yesterday. You have a problem today so today is the day that the battery needs to be tested.
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