I recently purchased a 2000 Ford Contour SE. It has dead battery and I used a jump box to start the car yesterday.. I started the car once after without the jump box and it cranked up. I went to bed. I got up today (raining) and I have no power at all, no lights anywhere, no start.. I tried jump start from another vehicle and I am getting lights and starter clicking but will not turn over. I noticed the negative battery cable is exposed.. What should I try first?

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if there is another solonoid itll be in line with the main power cable coming from the starter.follow the starter power cable from the starter to the battery if you dont see anything inline it probably doesnt have one.your problem could also be a ground problem........try running a wire from the starter case to the neg batterty terminal........a set of booster cables is the easiest way to do this.........dont short the pos and neg terminals though

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the battery is located under the rear seat, check battery connections. if connections are tight replace starter.

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Sounds like you might need an altinator ...(sp)

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• Posted on Aug 10, 2009

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i'm sure it's not the starter itself that is the problem, have the stater's solenoid checked...it might be stucked. It's quite a lot of work removing the starter but you can do it if you are willing enough to learn. You just need the right idea and tools to do it. Hope this will help save you bucks!

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I had the same similar situation not to long ago....I thought it was the starter so i took the starter completely out and had it tested which i found out later i could have it tested while it was still in the vehicle...;) Anyways it said my starter was good...My car radio, lights, and everything electrical came up fine...but when i tried to crank my car nothing would happen...no noise whats so ever...I found out that there is a button behind the clutch pedal....you gotta kinda lay down where you put your feet and look up there is a button that suppose to push in when you push the clutch in and it engages some kinda of saftey switch to ensure the the vehicle is not in gear....it cranks up perfect after that i just glued some plastic piece on it to make sure the button is being pushed when i put in the clutch......PS Of course this will only be the issue for Manual Transmission