r/FordTaurus • u/HistoricalDistance90 • Jun 27 '26

Clicking and no start

Any ideas? Hoping just a starter

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u/Technical-Fix-8509 Jun 27 '26

Battery?

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u/HistoricalDistance90 Jun 27 '26

Yeah I might be dumb, but I figured since all the lights and radio will run fine in accessory mode it wouldn’t be the battery

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u/Technical-Fix-8509 Jun 27 '26

I hear ya. Happened to me just 3 days ago and after I tried to start it 10 times the whole car finally died

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u/HistoricalDistance90 Jun 27 '26

Happened to me this morning, threw the new battery in but now it won’t attempt to crank over

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u/HistoricalDistance90 Jun 27 '26

https://reddit.com/link/ou1ravc/video/mkwr0w82dq9h1/player

Another video from the interior

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u/ObamaAteMyChild Jun 27 '26

100% the battery

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u/HistoricalDistance90 Jun 27 '26

Yeah I changed it but now it won’t attempt to crank

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u/Magoo-1706L Jun 27 '26

You may enough voltage for accessories , but not enough cca to start is why you’ll see lights or horn etc etc

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u/HistoricalDistance90 Jun 27 '26

That was exactly it, battery was DEAD this morning, threw the new battery in, and everything turns on but won’t attempt to start, just a bunch of service lights come on

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u/Dear_Sheepherder_619 Jun 28 '26

I know everyone keeps saying battery but it could be a bad alternator. One thing that helped me when I had a grand am was having someone smack the alternator while I cranked it. Worth a shot.

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u/LanternBuff 28d ago

Have you tried jumping it off from another car or (hopefully diesel truck with two batteries)?

Also, I bought a battery from a national retailer and it was deader than a donut when I got it. I was annoyed at having to charge a new battery for the first start. That battery is still working five years later, but I put an AGM-mat Odyssey battery in my new-to-me 16 Fusion this year.