# Slow cranking won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 31, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644 "2007-10-31T11:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daniel\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@daniel\_patterson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daniel_patterson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644/1 "2007-10-31T11:13:29Z")
1998 jeep wrangler lights go dim and cranks very slowly will not start even hooked up to a charger over night same thing. All dash lights and and bells are working. ---
**Author:** ![wendortb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9bcb4/32.png) [@wendortb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wendortb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644/2 "2007-10-31T14:12:41Z")
Sounds like a dead battery to me. The battery probably has enough juice to light up simple things but it takes a lot more power to start the car. I recently had the same thing. It was the battery. ---
**Author:** ![daniel\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@daniel\_patterson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daniel_patterson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644/3 "2007-10-31T15:03:31Z")
I didn’t know that a battery could die that quickly. I will take it to the auto parts store and see. ---
**Author:** ![daniel\_patterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@daniel\_patterson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daniel_patterson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644/4 "2007-10-31T16:32:35Z")
it wss the battery Thanks! daniel ---
**Author:** ![wendortb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9bcb4/32.png) [@wendortb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wendortb)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/slow-cranking-wont-start/6644/5 "2007-10-31T18:31:00Z")
The battery had a dead cell in it and could not take a full charge. Whenever you charged the battery, it would only charge enough to light up the accessories, not enough for the starter. The starter takes a lot more power than anything else.