Your alternator is not charging the battery. This could be caused by alot of reasons, such as; 1- the alternator, or built-in voltage regulator is bad. 2 - Your belt that drives the alternator is loose, of glazed. 3 - one of the cables, black(-) or red (+), is loose, or not tight at the battery, or the starter, or alternator. First, with a volt meter. Check battery voltage with engine off, and all accessories off, it should read around 12.5 -13v. Now start engine, and see if voltage output increases - say 14 - 14.5 volts, then put on all accessories with engine running, and should still read around 14v......, , This will tell you the alternator is good.....Tom.
Dead battery? Loose or dirty battery cables? Bad starter solenoid? Bad starter? Neutral switch?
There are a few things that it could be if you Dodge Stratus wont start on first try. It could be the starter.
Check your ingnition cylinder ...
Probably a bad starter solenoid.
Make sure connections are on tight.
what does it do
What type of truck is this?
Dead battery? Loose or dirty battery cables? Bad starter solenoid? Bad starter? Neutral switch?
Check the 92 Camaro neutral safety switch next. If the switch is faulty then the starter will not get power to start the engine.
check solenoid
i replaced the ignition coil and the starter but the batery is dead but wen i went to start it the oil was shooting out of the carborator.
There are a few things that it could be if you Dodge Stratus wont start on first try. It could be the starter.
Bad battery, or starter problem.
It can be a defective starter assembly that causes this problem. There are two parts to a starter assembly: the starter motor and the starter solenoid. The offending culprit is usually the starter solenoid, and it should be replaced.
I replaced the battery in my 1993 sundance noe the starter will not ingage
There could be a bad sylanoid or a bad starter...
It could be the starter in it. It may be weak or need replaced.