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Electrical Gremlin?

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2004 Mustang GT - Automatic - 36K miles

My wife leaves this morning and the car starts fine, makes two stops and on the second stop the car does nothing. Calls me, I go over and get in the car and hear a very fast ticking noise coming from the car.

I try to start the car and turning the key does nothing. I hook up the jumper cables and immediately when I hook it up to my battery the mustang horn starts going off repeatedly.

A few clicks of the unlock button on the stock keychain and it cuts off.

When I try to crank the mustang when hooked up with jumper cables, the gauges do a full sweep, the car acts it like it wants to start for about a half second, and the horn starts going off repeatedly.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
 
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mywifesgt said:
2004 Mustang GT - Automatic - 36K miles

My wife leaves this morning and the car starts fine, makes two stops and on the second stop the car does nothing. Calls me, I go over and get in the car and hear a very fast ticking noise coming from the car.

I try to start the car and turning the key does nothing. I hook up the jumper cables and immediately when I hook it up to my battery the mustang horn starts going off repeatedly.

A few clicks of the unlock button on the stock keychain and it cuts off.

When I try to crank the mustang when hooked up with jumper cables, the gauges do a full sweep, the car acts it like it wants to start for about a half second, and the horn starts going off repeatedly.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Check your battery terminals and make sure they are clean of acid deposits and tight. A dirty ground can cause funny things to happen. If they are clean and tight, sounds like your battery is completely dead. The horn going off is more than likely the "panic" being activated(similar to when u unhook the battery on a car with a aftermarket alarm and then hook it back up and it sounds upon making the connection again)
The starter will make a fast clicking noise with a near dead battery...
 
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just a bad battery...most bizarre bad battery symptoms i've ever seen...thanks
 
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