kaiser715
Doing hard time
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2006
- Location
- 7, Pocket, NC
I gotta vent....
Drove my truck to supper. 2019 F250 6.2 gasser. Parked, spent about an hour eating, and when I went back to the truck, the remote would not unlock the doors. Automatic assumption was that the remote fob battery was dead. So, unlocked the door manually. No beeps, no lights, totally dead. OK, totally dead starting battery (that's less than a year old).
Go to get the jump pack, meter, and a couple of tools out of of the bed. But of course the tailgate is locked, and there is no key slot. And I have a hard tonneau that you unlock once the tailgate is open. The only way I see to unlock the tailgate manually is if you have access to the bed side of the tailgate. So, I borrow a jumpstarter. Absolutely nothing happens, other than the green light comes on saying that it's connected correctly. No beeps, no dash, no unlock. So I give it a five-minute technical stare. It was getting dark, so I was thinking the best thing would be to call for a tow and deal with it at the shop.
But, then it came to life. Horn (alarm) started blowing, dash lit up, and I was able to crank it right up. Drive it home with no issues.
At the shop, I put my tester on the battery, and it is showing 36.60 volts and won't go further, into testing mode. Cranked it up, it showed 14.8 charging. Shut it down, and it's now 12.79. Five minutes later, it's 5.36v. But cranks right up. Tester is straight to the battery lugs, not the cable clamps.
It's gotta be the battery. All I have learned from this so far is to keep my tools and stuff in the cab.
Drove my truck to supper. 2019 F250 6.2 gasser. Parked, spent about an hour eating, and when I went back to the truck, the remote would not unlock the doors. Automatic assumption was that the remote fob battery was dead. So, unlocked the door manually. No beeps, no lights, totally dead. OK, totally dead starting battery (that's less than a year old).
Go to get the jump pack, meter, and a couple of tools out of of the bed. But of course the tailgate is locked, and there is no key slot. And I have a hard tonneau that you unlock once the tailgate is open. The only way I see to unlock the tailgate manually is if you have access to the bed side of the tailgate. So, I borrow a jumpstarter. Absolutely nothing happens, other than the green light comes on saying that it's connected correctly. No beeps, no dash, no unlock. So I give it a five-minute technical stare. It was getting dark, so I was thinking the best thing would be to call for a tow and deal with it at the shop.
But, then it came to life. Horn (alarm) started blowing, dash lit up, and I was able to crank it right up. Drive it home with no issues.
At the shop, I put my tester on the battery, and it is showing 36.60 volts and won't go further, into testing mode. Cranked it up, it showed 14.8 charging. Shut it down, and it's now 12.79. Five minutes later, it's 5.36v. But cranks right up. Tester is straight to the battery lugs, not the cable clamps.
It's gotta be the battery. All I have learned from this so far is to keep my tools and stuff in the cab.
