My car won't jump start but the lights works. It just makes a single click noise that's it?
It's a 2001 Ford Focus what could be wrong?
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The starter is likely bad. Charge the battery on your car, replace the battery terminals and try again. No joy, time for a tow.
First step is t oclea nthe battery & heavy cable terminals. You need bright metal to mental contact both ends of both the positive & negative leads from the battery. (You also need good jumper leads - a lot of the cheap ones make very poor contact where the clamp fastens onto the cable.
The single click makes me sure it's a loose connection. BOTH ENDS of Both Battery Cables need to be Clean, Dry and Tight. The Starter takes 100 times the power of the lights. If your Ground wire to the block is loose it will cause it. When you check the Positive Starter Wire disconnect the Negative Terminal on the Battery. If it's a soft click it could be the Starter Relay, if you have one.
The heavy duty ground wire from the negative terminal on the battery isn't making a connection at the engine block.
Hit the starter with a hammer the magnets get stuck every once in a while
The battery is probably flat or the starter motor is rooted? More info needed to give a better answer.
Either you have bad battery connections, a bad set of jumper cables, a bad starter, or a seized up motor.
Any oil on the dipstick?
The battery may be low, but not too low to run the lights, however, it takes much more juice to run the starter. My crystal ball says why and you won't like that. Have the battery checked.
Enough juice for the lights but not enough to start the car. Get the battery tested.
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