Electrical power just goes

[dphipps]

Hello new guy here,
I have an '02 LT with 48000 miles. My problem is similar to some but nothing on the money. I just put a brand new battery in the truck 2 months ago, 2 weeks later the truck started normally and the guage was in the 14 range, when I stopped to go into store and came out the battery was dead, not a click or anything. I got a jump start and all seemed fine, till it happened again. I returned the battery and every thjing was fine again until yesterday. It started up drove fine, coming home the gauge dropped and the gas pedal had no sistence. I put in neutral and revved a little, everything fine. I drove it two more miles and the truck lost all power. Luckily I was at home and juumped it myself. I let it idle for 2 hours and when I went back and turned it off it would'nt restart. Another weird thing all the guages bottomed out and then sprang back up but it still wont start.

Any help?

 

[667theneighbour]

Check connections on the battery, starter and alternator.

 

[bigsexy408]

defective battery, take into a parts store and have it checked, start at the source,

 

[dphipps]

Thanks for the responses, I'll try this evening, I guess thats what I get for buying the battery from walmart. It was cold and snowing when I bought the first one and they where the only place open.

 

[bigsexy408]

Thanks for the responses, I'll try this evening, I guess thats what I get for buying the battery from walmart. It was cold and snowing when I bought the first one and they where the only place open.

it happens i used to get my batteries from the salvage yard for 5 bucks. have the parts store do a test on your battery, take the battery out and drive it over, autozone, kragens etc all do this. if the battery is not the issue, then i would start looking for an intermitten problem, look for corrosion on your cables,or loose connections @ your starter. i doubt its your alt. because if your battery died your gauge would have jumped to 16+ charging. if there is corrosion on your cable ends grab a dmm (digital multi meter) and do a voltage drop on your positive and negative sides of your starter circuit. battery corrosion likes to wick down the battery positive cable and eat it , so the cable will look good but will have a intermitten starting, and dying problem.

 

[dphipps]

Ok, I went back to walmart and got new battery, they have a three year free replacement policy. I put the new battery in and I had to push the accelerator down and give it gas, it was like it was starved or not flowing right. I slow revved for awhile and the idle stayed at 500 and she seems to be fine. I also disconnected the battery to see if alternator was ok and it was fine. So I hope it was just a bad cell, and should I be concerned about the difficulty starting?