I was driving home from work when my stereo shut off. Thought I went through a bad reception area when, suddenly, my control panel light went out. Immediately following were my headlights! Fortunately, I was near my house, considering it was dark outside and I seemed to be rapidly losing all electrical power in my truck! I shut my truck off then, tried restarting....No such luck! It was completely dead, was not even slightly turning over!? I left it alone for a few hours and when I went back out and approached the truck I heard a clicking sound coming from underneath right behind the cab. This clicking continued into the next morning. I decided to pop up the hood and disconnect the Alternator Wire from the battery. The clicking noise stopped. Before spending ridiculous amounts of money, that I do not have, trying to figure out exactly what the problem is....Would someone please tell me what this problem sounds like and if it sounds like something that one could, possibly, repair at home??!?

 

Most likely, your charging system failed and the battery ran down.

Start by FULLY charging the battery with an external charger, then test the charging system.

 

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