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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 11:50 AM
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2006 f150 dispay panal clicking, dead battery? need help
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 11:57 AM
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what are you asking for...a jump start ??
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 12:28 PM
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what the problem is what i said. have to keep jumping, will new battery help?
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 12:29 PM
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Take the battery out and go to local auto store and have them test it. More then likely dead and need a new one..
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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what the problem is what i said. have to keep jumping, will new battery help?
You never said you needed to keep jumping it...read what you said !! if you don't own a multimeter do what Franchi told you to do.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 02:15 PM
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Based off the question, gonna guess no to the multimeter....
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yep...
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 02:44 PM
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The bigger issue is you need to find out WHY the battery keeps going dead. It could be the battery itself, the alternator, parasitic draw on the battery - easy example of this is leaving the interior light on, poor battery cable connections (at either end of the batt cables) - corroded, loose, Loose belts, surface discharge if the there is acid coating on top of the battery...and so on and so on.

If you dont fix WHY then a new battery will keep doing dead too. As with most things with out proper diagnosis you may get lucky but usually you are just throwing good money down the drain.

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