# Dead Jeep

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cherokee, jeep\
**Created:** [January 22, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270 "2011-01-22T01:16:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mjn1126](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mjn1126](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mjn1126)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270/1 "2011-01-22T01:16:28Z")

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My 2003 Jeep Cherokee totally died all of a sudden. No lights, no locks, nothing. I am skeptical that its the battery because of how sudden this happened.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270/2 "2011-01-22T01:19:41Z")

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Please explain “totally died all of a sudden.”

Were you driving at the time?

How old is the battery?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270/3 "2011-01-22T01:22:59Z")

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Batteries die suddenly all the time so I don’t see a connection to your skepticism.

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270/4 "2011-01-22T02:40:25Z")

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Have you looked at the battery, battery cables and fusible links?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-jeep/60270/5 "2011-01-22T17:16:53Z")

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And lastly, did a new battery fix the problem and was the charging system tested when the new battery was installed?

If so, you can sleep soundly. An old battery can seem to have died suddenly. It’s common.