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    Parasitic Draw 2019 Ram 1500 limited

    I've been reading a bunch of old posts and not really getting anywhere so i'm finally making my own. The long story is, my dad borrowed my truck about two months ago. Within a few hours of him returning the truck, its dead. (I don't think this is related and just a wild coincidence but just in...
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    Shifter Autocorrect Active

    Posting to hopefully save some frustration down the road. Over the weekend, ran into a real head-scratcher with my 2021 Ram 1500 Limited Ecodiesel. It all kicked off on Friday morning when I tried firing up the beast, only to find the battery totally kaput. Had to whip out the physical key...
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    Battery issue or no?

    Curious to hear your thoughts or wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. My truck is a 2021 1500 eTorque, it has 33,5xx miles on it and I’ve had it under 3 years. It’s still under factory warranty. I woke up this morning and my truck wouldn’t start. It tried cranking but the battery...
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    2019 Sport, sunroof / shade no power after dead battery and boost

    Killed battery with sunroof open. After boosting, no power to close it. I’ve read different reset ideas from holding open and close buttons for multiple seconds but nothing so far. Had all sorts of warnings when first boosted from check eng light, power steering, traction control etc. Everything...
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    2021 ram hemi etorque battery issues

    I have a 2021 ram 1500 etorque and have had my truck battery completely die on me within 8 hrs, it’s now happened 5 times and intermittent , took into shop and they flashed software but issue still occurring any one else have this issue thanks
  6. Thepriince69

    Unable to start after boosting

    Hey everyone. I have a 2020 Ram 1500. I was overseas for the last 2 months and the wife last parked it a month ago. Went to start it this morning and it was dead. I hooked up my Jeep Trackhawk to it to boost it (my neighbors were not happy at 7am lol) and everything seemed fine. Pressed the...
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    2019 Ram 1500 BH Sudden Battery Death

    I was having the same Apple Carplay issues that a ton of people have been having, so after all else failing, I decided to try to reset the trucks computer by removing the battery cables. Once I reattached the battery, it was dead. Thinking it may have shorted or dumped somehow, I put it on a...
  8. Sjleo1288

    Dead Battery maybe 4th Tow

    Here we go again, with the “dead battery’ Truck worked fine for 5 months since my last tow Sept 2020..All was good codes were cleared air suspension worked fine and running boards deployed..Until 1/18/21 tried to remote start 36’ dregs , No engine running horned sounded once. I went out to...
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    2021 Limited w Etorque (3k miles) - Power Shutdown while on the highway

    I’m currently 250+ miles from home and 130 miles from where I was heading with my family for Christmas when my relatively new truck shutdown on me (while driving down the highway). It started with some acceleration issues, then a start/stop warning, check engine light, loss of...
  10. RAM Patriot

    Dead Battery Poll

    Since some of our forum members are reporting issues with dead batteries. Let's see if we can narrow down which truck configurations are reporting the most issues: If you have had a dead battery in your truck since purchasing a 2019-2021 RAM Truck.
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    2019 RAM 1500 Big Horn Ignition Switch Problem

    First time poster and not usually a forum guy so bare with me... 2019 RAM 1500 Big Horn battery keeps dying and dash shows "Key in Ignition" message even when the key is not in the ignition. I believe this is the cause of the battery drain but for some reason the Chrysler technicians don't...
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