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Message: [QUOTE="Wicked, post: 892690, member: 4760"] OK so here is the background: As it began to get colder this winter I thought that maybe my original 140k mile starter was on its last leg as my truck had started to take long slow cranks to get it to start up. I still had a warranty on my batteries so I took them to AutoZone and had both Duralast Gold batteries replaced. Truck started better for a week or two but then went back to slow cranks. A month later as the temp has been colder now (roughly 25-35 every day) it would take sometimes 2 times to try and start before finally starting. Monday morning I went out to start my truck and it did not kick over on the 2nd try and by the 3rd there was no where close to enough juice to kick her over. I came back at lunch and hooked up a Mazda 3 to try and jump it and could just not get enough juice. So I called AAA to come out. AAA comes out and we begin to try and jump it. We find out that the negative ground on the drivers side to the engine is very loose. Given that we had no tools to tighten it up we pulled it tight to try and get a ground and start it. Hooked up 2 jumper boxes and his little truck. Had 11 volts or so and it was cranking fast and great but just never started. It got late and we decided to give up but right before he left I had him test the batteries. I manually held the ground for a good connection and his test said I was getting a total of 770 CCA... Any thoughts on what it could be? Am I in some sort of safe mode? Is it sensing a poor ground? Any and all help would much appreciated before I have to pay to get it towed. [/QUOTE]

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