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Message: [QUOTE="cbuttre835, post: 567406, member: 1190"] I've about had it. Between the two trucks I have, I'm scared to leave the house in either of them. I had a battery fail a month ago. Truck was sluggish to crank for a few weeks; and it would occasionally reset the PCM due to the low voltage dips when cranking. I tested them and one of them would collapse to <zero> under load. They were Walmart batteries made by Exide. Three years and two months old. So I replaced the bad one under warranty. The other one tests perfect. Truck starts OK for a couple weeks. Then I go on call, and don't drive it for a couple weeks. Last week - off call, need my truck again. Won't start. Cranks over realllly slowly, slower than before, but voltage stays up enough that the PCM doesn't reset every time. I put the 140 A booster on it and it started OK. I ran my errands and it started fine. Until my last stop; it barely started.... I headed home scratching my head. The new battery tests right in the bottom of the acceptable range (using a Schumacher load tester); it is a JCI from Walmart. Old one (Exide) tests perfect. Alternator tests OK under load on the Schumacher, and my ammeter indicates good charge. Factory voltmeter is between the R and M in NORMAL. So -- with what appear to be good batteries, I have to jump it or put the 140A booster on it to get it to start. On the other truck - the one with the burnt wires in the IPR harness that won't run either - the bad starters just quit all at once. (the OEM and both replacements). his truck still has the OEM Ford starter.... 1997 model with 229,000 miles. Do starters just get weak? I've never seen it before. [/QUOTE]

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