Replaced the positive battery cable from the battery to the starter on my 2002 Dodge 3500. Started the truck and as I was walking back to the garage with my battery charger the engine died in three progressively slower steps of RPMs and then died altogether. Attempted restart with plenty of battery and spinning good but no ignition. Any ideas?

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check the ground connection between the engine block and the battery

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sound like the lift pump!

SOURCE: truck will not crank with starter

sometimes there is a dead spot on the starter's commutator where the brushes contact inside the starter or it is a bad solenoid

Ned C Cook

• 3433 Answers
• Posted on Oct 18, 2009

SOURCE: 2002 Dodge Intrepid accessory/starter relay problem?

Accessory position is turning key towards he driver. Ignition on is away 1 and start is away2.

• Turn on your headlights, do they work? If not, chk batt terminals
• If they do, try to crank the engine noting what the headlights do. If they go out, Chk the batt ground cable. If they dim, your batt needs a charge. If they dim and then come back bright when you back off the starter, the starter is bad.
• Chk for loose engine to body ground. That would affect the accessories. Good Luck, _Ned_

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I had an intermittent starting problem and then a no start situation in a 1991 with the same engine. Changed the pickup inside the distributor. Less than $30.00.