2014 won't start

Battery sldoes seem legit but he said he jump started it drove to work and it was dead again sounds to me like your alternator is going out but just my guess

 

Unless his drive to work was not very long. When I took a month long trip on my moto I came back and my car at the time was dead. Jumped it and even after 10 miles on the highway and a couple on city streets it barely cranked over when I stopped for gas. That was a inline 4-cyl 2-liter engine, not as hard to crank as our v6 4.0's!

 

He said it was a 12 minute drive

 

Aaaaaand it was a battery.... Lucky me got a lemon....

 

Glad it was something simple, battery was an easy fix.

 

me too... sweet foxbody!

 

Valve caps, check them. better to be safe than sorry. i learned the hard way.

 

After your battery dies its key to drive about an hour to re-charge it and if the battery is completely dead sometimes you have to connect it to a good battery for a few minutes before attempting to start the car. Also if your battery dies more than a couple times its very hard on it. Everytime it dies it takes alittle life off the battery. I have a group 31m diehard platinum battery. Works like a champ. Powers a fridge for days as well as camp lights. Ive also had my rock lights offroad lights and winch running at the same time with no issues.

 

Thank you! I have owned it for 17 years.

 

Well that's good to hear. Hopefully it was indeed just a lemon and there's no underlying problem. I assume they covered it under your warranty?

 

I've owned 3 fox body mustangs over the years. It's really hard to find one in good condition nowadays.

 

Yeah they usually have led a hard life, i managed to get mine from the original owner back when it only had 36,000 miles.