# Ford Explorer Making Clicking Noise and Lights Flashing on/off while car is turned off!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries\
**Created:** [October 5, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513 "2014-10-05T08:27:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GABBYKWAME](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@GABBYKWAME](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GABBYKWAME)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513/1 "2014-10-05T08:27:53Z")

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Help!  
Went to go turn on my car today and it made a rapid clicking noise. When I turned it off and locked it, the lights keep flashing on and off…any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513/2 "2014-10-05T16:51:29Z")

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What year is your exploder. And what lights are you referring to. Dash lights, headlights, check engine light???

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513/3 "2014-10-05T18:51:17Z")

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Sounds as if the battery is low.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513/4 "2014-10-05T19:23:02Z")

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That’s what I was wondering @knfenimore;

I’ve seen it where while driving all the doors kept locking and unlocking on the driver all by themselves, and the dash lights all flashing.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![irlandes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@irlandes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irlandes)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-explorer-making-clicking-noise-and-lights-flashing-on-off-while-car-is-turned-off/87513/5 "2014-10-06T00:38:33Z")

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I had a bad battery problem much like that a year or so ago, in rural Mexico. I had never seen such a problem before. A new battery solved it instantly.