What drains a Jeep battery?
Battery Draining While Driving: Jeep Wrangler If your battery is draining while driving, it is almost without exception the Wrangler’s alternator that is causing the problem. It could be a bad battery, or more likely a bad battery cable too.
How can I tell if my Jeep Cherokee battery is draining?
If connected right, the test light should light up, then start pulling fuses to see when the light goes out, bamo, short found. Here is a much more in dept video of parasitic draws;
What to do when your Jeep battery goes out?
Woot Woot! OK, the quick and dirty was is as follows; disconnect negative cable, connect a test light (12v bulb type) to the negative battery post and then to the negative cable. If connected right, the test light should light up, then start pulling fuses to see when the light goes out, bamo, short found.
How many batteries in a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
A 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee has gone through 3 batteries in the last 3 months. While they have all been replaced by warranties, it’d be nice to get the problem solved permanently.
Why does my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee drain by itself?
A 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee has gone through 3 batteries in the last 3 months. While they have all been replaced by warranties, it’d be nice to get the problem solved permanently. I’ve tested the alternator, and it’s not defective. I’m suspecting it might be a short somewhere in the system.
Why does my Jeep Cherokee battery drain while driving?
If it is draining while your Cherokee is off, it’s usually caused by something that is drawing current that shouldn’t be. If the battery is draining while you’re driving, that is probably going to be the alternator or battery. There are other situations as well. We’ll cover those for you below.
A 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee has gone through 3 batteries in the last 3 months. While they have all been replaced by warranties, it’d be nice to get the problem solved permanently.
Woot Woot! OK, the quick and dirty was is as follows; disconnect negative cable, connect a test light (12v bulb type) to the negative battery post and then to the negative cable. If connected right, the test light should light up, then start pulling fuses to see when the light goes out, bamo, short found.
Why is the battery draining on my 98 GC?
Same problem, but another forum suggested that the key in their 98 GC can be removed one click past the OFF position, in the ACC on position. Sure enough, I checked mine and found the battery drain was due to the key switch being left in ACC and then being removed. The key shouldn’t come out there but it does.