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I have a 92 pathfinder that only starts when I jump it. New Battery, new sparkplugs, wires and cap. Thoughts?


most peole will respond Alternator, so i will assume if you are still reading this you checked that, and its ok, if the alternator tests ok and the battery is good, but you keep having problems It is your Chassis ground from the engine block causing high resistance in the charging circuit, run a wire directly from a solid point on the engine to the negative battery terminal, this will solve your problem

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12 Responses to “I have a 92 pathfinder that only starts when I jump it. New Battery, new sparkplugs, wires and cap. Thoughts?”

  1. alternator or battery cables
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  2. Alternator or Starter.
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  3. battery/alternator
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  4. Its your alternator. Not recharging your battery.
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  5. had same problem turned out water damage was falling on electronics in the car and made battery not start
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  6. alternater… your batterys not keeping the charge. if u fixed everything else then ur best bet is the alternater. or ur ground isnt grounded.
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  7. The Soprano's Slave on February 28th, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    Might be your alternator.
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  8. mine worked better if i took out the cigarette lighter thingy, it was creating a short that drained the battery. there are sites online where you can look up common problems for your vehicle by the vin number since they are based on the plant and series of your model. i found out that all jeeps make in a specific canadian plant had bad seals and mine was one of them. google common 92 pathfinder issues.
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  9. most peole will respond Alternator, so i will assume if you are still reading this you checked that, and its ok, if the alternator tests ok and the battery is good, but you keep having problems It is your Chassis ground from the engine block causing high resistance in the charging circuit, run a wire directly from a solid point on the engine to the negative battery terminal, this will solve your problem
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  10. angelic_intention on February 28th, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    Alternator! You can get them rebuilt for relatively inexpensive
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  11. YOUR PROBLEM WAS NOT THE BATTERY. YOUR PROBLEM, WAS/IS THE STARTER. THE REAR, RACE BEARING, HAS WORN OUT. BOTTOM LINE, RERPLACE THE STARTER. YOUR ON THE ROAD AGAIN
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  12. cruzer819@sbcglobal.net on February 28th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    It may be alternator however check to see if you the negative battery cable is tight on the battery. Sometimes if it’s loose car won’t start.
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