IndyKeith

Hi Guys,

I have a 1999 sport. The last month or so the check gauges light has been coming on occasionally with the alternator gauge bottoming out. If I restart it, it's usually fine for a little while, but won't maintain 14 volts. At times, it's struggled to turn over, and the power windows barely work. After a 1 mile drive to the store, it starts back up and everything seems perfect.

This morning, it wouldn't turnover, just the dreaded click of death. I put a charger on it. I checked on it after about 30 mins, and the needle was going crazy. It was flipping back and forth between fully charged and completely dead. I moved the ground clamp of the charger to a bolt on the body (It had been on the battery terminal) and it was then showing fully charged. The jeep started, but stalled unless I kept pumping the gas pedal. I put the charger back on and it showed that it was dead again.

I hooked up a computer but there were no error codes.

Edit: The battery is holding 12+ volts just fine, but the amps on the dash gauge is around 10. It still won't run without pumping the gas.

Any ideas?

Thanks

BruceB

try cleaning the grounds..

IndyKeith

Thanks. I'm sure you're right. The battery is reading 12.7 volts with a multimeter, but it's not even reading on the dash half the time. Thanks for the video.