'03 D2. Ran fine until 4:12, today. No previous starting issues. Here are the symptoms: Tried to start the truck, it turned over slightly, then completely blacked-out. No lights. No power. Absolutely dark. If I disconnect the battery, I get power back ... until I try to start the truck and it goes back into darkness. Completely dead. No matter how much I try to jump-start or charge the D2, it makes no difference. Still dead.

Battery: The battery is fully charged. Just had it checked where I bought it. It also has the correct amount of cold cranking amps.

Alternator: New last summer. Probably not an issue seeing as the battery is fully charged.

Starter: Also replaced it, last summer. Could be bad, but it tries to spin (just prior to going into black-out), so its probably not bad.

Crank Position Sensor: I don't even know where it is, but from dealing with other cars I know it will lock-out everything if its gone bad.

Ignition: The key turns. No issues, there. Not sure where to go with that one.

Your turn. What/how can I test to further eliminate possible causes.

 

Make absolutely sure the battery leads are clean, and fully seated. It can look tight, but all sorts of crazy things will happen if the electrical system isn't getting the proper amount of power where it needs it.

 

Good thought. I put them on and off three times, just to make sure that wasn't it.

 

I thought the CPS will stop the engine from firing, but won't affect the other systems. If so, it doesn't sound like that's your culprit.

 

That is true.

 

The way you describe it, most probably you have bad ground connection, since when you connect jumper cable's it makes connection to your battery cables & still nothing happens,,, (look into ground connection).

 

Just drove back out to the parking lot where the D2 sits (9:00 PM). Checked and tightened everything, again. Took a chance and tried pushing the inertia switch. It clicked down. Still nothing. There is a fully charged battery, tightened down hard. No power. Tomorrow I will start checking power down-range from the battery.

 

What happens when you jump the starter?

 

I'll try jumping the starter later today.

 

Check the main fusible link?