Sounds like a bad alternator. Drained your battery and when you turned on the lights it took all the power left in your battery. When you drain a battery down that far, they are real hard to jump, and coupled with the alternator, the car is not producing enough current to start and stay running.
I would take the alternator off and take it to oyur local auto parts store to be tested. If bad, replace it and charge the battery fully before starting. Then check voltage at battery with motor running. Should be 13.2 -14 Volts DC. If not, you may have a bad battery cable or blown fusible link. (especially that if the alternator tests good).....Mike
Have the battery fully charged. fit a volt meter to the battery , While cranking check for voltage drop ,if volts drops below 10 the starter is faulty and not enough volts for ignition. If starter ok check charging voltage should be around 14 to 12 volts.
Check the alternator charge cause the engine dont work if the battery power is low and the electronic components not work only if the charge is beeteen 13.5 voltsand14.5 if are below of 12 volt and the charge fuse is good do you need change the alternator too i hope be helpfull
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