kevinmalec

Open the hood and check the ground wires and and make sure they are tight! If they are loose, it can cause issues. Also, inspect the battery terminals. You may want to take your battery to autozone or advanced auto parts and have it tested. Worth a try!

Tylus

Dead battery. The radio is your 2nd biggest clue besides it not starting

These new Ford act possessed when he battery is dead. It can be scary

aaquib1992

+1, mines also one of the newer(ish) model s197's and you'd think most of the bugs with the radio/battery would be fixed, wrong.
When my batt died, Radio went crazy(showed all kinds of weird symbols on the screen) and the car made some weird clicking(I think) noises.

kevinmalec

FYI, When my battery needed replaced, it made a fast clicking sound.

cavediver

Your battery didn't make that sound, it was your starter solenoid making it.

Nuke

I wasn't going to make that comment earlier but since cavediver did... +1

Alec

Sounds to me like the battery. Before winter, mine was starting to die. It wouldn't turn over, starter would make the clicking noise and all the electronics in the car were acting up. For instance, if I got the car to start, I'd be headed down the road and the lights wouldn't come on for a few seconds. Hard to describe, but it was definitely odd and sounds similar to your issue. I'd try a new battery

kevinmalec

I should have stated my info a bit clearer. I didn't mean the car battery made the noise, I meant the noise occurred due the battery needing replaced.

wilkinda

I think 99.9% of us already knew exactly what you meant.. the other 0.1%......

pascal

If your battery makes a sound, it's usually once and loud and not good. lol.