# 2006 Ford Five Hundred - Dead battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338 "2020-02-11T23:37:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MichelleMarieBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MichelleMarieBlue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MichelleMarieBlue)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338/1 "2020-02-11T23:37:38Z")

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Battery is dead, can’t don’t know why

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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:** [February 12, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338/2 "2020-02-12T00:28:37Z")

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That’s easy enough to check.  
Could be:  
Battery needs replacement.  
Alternator has failed.  
Parasitic drain.

Was your alternator light on? CEL on?

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**Author:** ![MichelleMarieBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MichelleMarieBlue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MichelleMarieBlue)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338/3 "2020-02-12T01:05:52Z")

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No just the light for the battery,  
Everything would go out in the dash

~}Michelle Little{~

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338/4 "2020-02-12T01:21:24Z")

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If the battery icon is lit while the engine is running it indicates a charging system failure, possibly an alternator failure.

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**Author:** ![MichelleMarieBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MichelleMarieBlue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MichelleMarieBlue)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-five-hundred-dead-battery/158338/5 "2020-02-12T01:24:49Z")

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Alright , I will have it looked at where  
I bought the car… thank you all

~}Michelle Little{~