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This morning I had my first major problem with the escape, it wouldnt start.
It was very cold this morning, probably around -10 degrees C
It was making a clicking sound, and the first thing that came to my mind was the starter.
Since this was right before work I had no time to mess around with it and ended up getting a ride to work.
When I got home to my surprise the escape started!, but the lights were dim and would get brighter when given some gas. So basically the lights were getting dimmer by the second. A bit later we left the headlights on just to see if that would kill the battery, and it did. In like 10 minutes.
so...
we went and bought a new battery, which has a lot more cold cranking amps and cranking amps. (almost 800 cca) and the battery is twice the size as the old interstate that was in there.
To make a long story short, we put this new battery in, and it started up fine, lights were bright, until a few minutes later, the lights started dimming by the second again.
Im not sure what to think at this point other than I think it might be the alternator.
Does anyone else have any ideas or know what this is from experience?
thanks for any help.
-jordan
ps. we're making an appointment with the stealership within the next few days.
It was very cold this morning, probably around -10 degrees C
It was making a clicking sound, and the first thing that came to my mind was the starter.
Since this was right before work I had no time to mess around with it and ended up getting a ride to work.
When I got home to my surprise the escape started!, but the lights were dim and would get brighter when given some gas. So basically the lights were getting dimmer by the second. A bit later we left the headlights on just to see if that would kill the battery, and it did. In like 10 minutes.
so...
we went and bought a new battery, which has a lot more cold cranking amps and cranking amps. (almost 800 cca) and the battery is twice the size as the old interstate that was in there.
To make a long story short, we put this new battery in, and it started up fine, lights were bright, until a few minutes later, the lights started dimming by the second again.
Im not sure what to think at this point other than I think it might be the alternator.
Does anyone else have any ideas or know what this is from experience?
thanks for any help.
-jordan
ps. we're making an appointment with the stealership within the next few days.