# 2004 Ford Ranger - Something about a dead battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [July 21, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658 "2020-07-21T22:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tony03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Tony03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tony03)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/1 "2020-07-21T22:08:05Z")
2004 ranger runs starts fine never a issue today took the cable off motor died started up put dead battery in it charged ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/2 "2020-07-21T23:16:11Z")
> [@Tony03](#): > > cable off motor Why did you do that? “put dead battery in it charged“ Why not recharge the batter first, may very well shorten the life of your alternator. ---
**Author:** ![Tony03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Tony03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tony03)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/3 "2020-07-22T00:14:28Z")
I took the battery cable off my truck today and it died put it back on it started took it off out a ded battery on rolled it off it started and charged battery reason I was helping someone stranded my truck has a skip I’ve changed everything on it still got the skip could this bee the problem 2004 ranger ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/4 "2020-07-22T00:30:16Z")
What do you mean by a “skip”? I assume a misfire. Is it constant? Random? Is the check engine light on? ---
**Author:** ![Tony03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Tony03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tony03)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/5 "2020-07-22T00:34:19Z")
Not all the time mostly when under a load and the check ing light is not always on when it flashes its sick ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/6 "2020-07-22T00:40:08Z")
I presume the truck isn’t misfiring all the time? When you say “under a load” do you mean accelerating? Going uphill? Towing? If the check engine light has come on there’s a stored code. Have it read and post it here for someone to figure out. ---
**Author:** ![Tony03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Tony03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tony03)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/7 "2020-07-22T00:45:29Z")
Thanks dude ---
**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 22, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/8 "2020-07-22T11:39:53Z")
Something weird about the way the forum is functioning. I do not see any comments about engine skipping or misfiring. The first post I see is: “ 2004 ranger runs starts fine never a issue today took the cable off motor died started up put dead battery in it charged” ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-ranger-something-about-a-dead-battery/167658/9 "2020-07-22T17:49:11Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Something weird about the way the forum is functioning. > I do not see any comments about engine skipping or misfiring. > > The first post I see is: > “ 2004 ranger runs starts fine never a issue today took the cable off motor died started up put dead battery in it charged” Tony03’s second post, the third post in this thread, he wrote: > [@Tony03](#): > > my truck has a skip I’ve changed everything on it still got the skip could this bee the problem 2004 ranger If you can’t see that there is definitely a forum problem.