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What could be causing your 2000 ford Windstar battery to not hold a charge?
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∙ 14y ago
it could be a bad battery or else something is drawing power from the battery
get the battery checked at a auto parts shop most shops will check your battery for free while you are at it get them to check the alternator is charging properly also
once you know its not the battery or alternator At Fault put an amp meter in series between the battery positive and the positive wire of the vehicle with everything switched off you should only get a reading of well below 1 amp(because of clocks and radio memory etc there will always be a small draw) anything near or above one amp is too much of a draw if this is the case start removing fuses one at a time replacing each one as you go until you find one that causes the amp reading to drop to well below one amp then check what the fuse is for and it should lead you to the fault
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