Dead Wrangler issue

    Hey there. hoping someone can give me some answers for another quirky incident. I went to start my 2000 TJ yesterday morning and it was dead....and I mean dead...nothing when I turned the key. I thought it was odd because the battery is less than 2 years old and has not struggled to start recently. I tried jumping it this afternoon and zip nada nothing. not even a crank. BUT...... after I disconnected the cables and then turned on the jeep headlights, I got a clicking noise. No lights went on. but about 5 seconds later, the lights went on and when I turned the key in the ignition, it started right up.....as if nothing had ever happened. I have a feeling that this was not a battery issue because when the cables were connected to both cars I got nothing but then all of a sudden the Jeep started after I turned the headlights on and then off....Its just odd. Anyone ever have this happen. I am hoping I don't have some electrical quirk thats gonna drive me nuts.....because, ya know .....Jeep life

    So from what I'm reading after you disconnected the battery you were able to turn on the lights and start the jeep. I would say leave the battery disconnected or remove it to save weight.

    ok then I agree with 92Renegade. My reading comprehension is not what it used to be. You either have a bad connection at the battery post or corrosion where the wire meets the clamp or the same at the other end of the cables. There is also a slight chance that there is a broken/intermittent connection within the battery itself. I think when you moved the cables by unhooking and rehooking them you made contact where there had been none. I would replace both cables and hope it wasn't the battery.

    Any luck with the battery cables?

    Jerry / Whatevah

    2020 Gladiator Mojave - 33" Falken mud tires, LoD side steps, Zroadz bed rack, Quadratec QRC winch bumper, Superwinch EPi 9.0, Kleinn on-board air, Kleinn air horns, lots of lights, Yaesu ham radio with GPS tracker.

    Gone- 2012 JK Rubicon with stuff. Long gone- Long-arm 2001 Cherokee with stuff.

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