Power issue on 2017 Expedition

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OldFart

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Went to start my Expedition today and got nothing. No lights, no clicking, nothing. We're out of state visiting family so I went to get a charger to see if I had accidentally left something on. Left it on charge for 6 hours and went to start it and everything came on - interior lights, dashboard, etc. - and as soon as I turn the key there was clicking come from the passenger fuse panel but everything else died just as before. After that happens, when I turn the key absolutely nothing happens. The only thing that seems to get power is the cigarette lighter - I can plug chargers into it and they light up and shows it charging devices. Any idea if this is a fuse that has blown that would do this and if so, which one it might be? Any other ideas?
 

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Went to start my Expedition today and got nothing. No lights, no clicking, nothing. We're out of state visiting family so I went to get a charger to see if I had accidentally left something on. Left it on charge for 6 hours and went to start it and everything came on - interior lights, dashboard, etc. - and as soon as I turn the key there was clicking come from the passenger fuse panel but everything else died just as before. After that happens, when I turn the key absolutely nothing happens. The only thing that seems to get power is the cigarette lighter - I can plug chargers into it and they light up and shows it charging devices. Any idea if this is a fuse that has blown that would do this and if so, which one it might be? Any other ideas?


You have a bad battery and/or loose/corroded battery terminal connectors. I’d bet on the battery. Heat causes more problems with batteries than cold.
 
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I picked up a battery jumper box so I could get it running and down to O'Reilly's and random lights come on the dashboard but I can't get it to start. There is some corrosion on the terminals so I guess that's it. I was hoping it wasn't because it looks like a harness of some sort rather than the old fashioned connectors I'm used to, and I'm betting that harness is going to be expensive.
 

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I picked up a battery jumper box so I could get it running and down to O'Reilly's and random lights come on the dashboard but I can't get it to start. There is some corrosion on the terminals so I guess that's it. I was hoping it wasn't because it looks like a harness of some sort rather than the old fashioned connectors I'm used to, and I'm betting that harness is going to be expensive.


 

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