# 2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac - battery goes down after a little driving

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorersporttrac, ford\
**Created:** [July 12, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211 "2020-07-12T15:49:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![leroy23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@leroy23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leroy23)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/1 "2020-07-12T15:49:25Z")

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drive it alittle bet batter goes down

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/2 "2020-07-12T22:06:27Z")

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Are you saying you don’t drive it much and the battery doesn’t hold a charge or that after driving a short distance the battery loses its charge?

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**Author:** ![leroy23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@leroy23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leroy23)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/3 "2020-07-13T21:50:23Z")

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after driveing ti it just staete doingit i can put the key in trun iton and watch the batter hand go down and it wont starte new batter

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/4 "2020-07-13T22:30:56Z")

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> [@leroy23](#):
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> after driveing ti it just staete doingit i can put the key in trun iton and watch the batter hand go down and it wont starte new batter

It must suck missing so many keys, and having them mislabeled on your keyboard

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/5 "2020-07-13T22:36:52Z")

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What did the alternator test show?

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/6 "2020-07-14T00:07:54Z")

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Agree with @Purebred . You probably need a new alternator but having it tested will tell you more.

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**Author:** ![leroy23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@leroy23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leroy23)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-sport-trac-battery-goes-down-after-a-little-driving/167211/7 "2020-07-14T11:23:31Z")

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now i get to run and it is miss firing,and batter goes down