Clicks once, loses all power

Hello,

I would recommend double checking the battery connections. Please ensure that they are clean, tight, corrosion free, and making good metal to metal contact. In the diagrams down below I have included the starting and charging wiring diagrams for your vehicle, as well as guides on how to find a parasitic draw situation in an automobile. I have also included guides on known electrical problems in automotive electrical circuits and how to find unwanted resistance in an automotive electrical system using voltage drop. You will need to use a Digital Multi-meter [DMM] to go through these guides, so here is a link below explaining how to use one, if needed:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-a-voltmeter

Please check the battery's connections and go through these guides and apply them to your situation, if needed. Please get back to us with what you find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros

Hi,

Most commonly, what you described is related to a connection issue. Make sure the battery terminals are clean and tight, free of corrosion. Also, if you have a universal replacement type bolt-on terminal, make sure it is clean and secure where the wire is pushed into the clamp as well.

Take a look through this link. It describes the most common causes of what you described.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked

Let us know.

Joe