2020 Ram Completely Dead - No Electrical

[rogerthat]

Truck just left me stranded. Completely dead, no electrical at all comes on. Bought a new battery, still nothing - 100% dead. Towed to dealer - 2020 Ram 1500 etorque. No issues up until this point, I bought it new, has 20k miles.

 

[rogerthat]

@RamCares

 

[RamCares]

Hey @rogerthat

Send us a DM! We'd love to get you some help with this.

Callie
Ram Cares

 

[Richard320]

Too bad it's already at the dealer. This would bear checking. FIXED(almost) completely dead electrical system. No crank no start no dash

 

[bigdodge]

Truck just left me stranded. Completely dead, no electrical at all comes on. Bought a new battery, still nothing - 100% dead. Towed to dealer - 2020 Ram 1500 etorque. No issues up until this point, I bought it new, has 20k miles.

what is up with the etorque?

 

[mikeru82]

what is up with the etorque?

We get it, you don't like etorque. I know it's tempting to blame this problem on it, but at this point there is nothing indicating etorque is the cause of the OP's issue. There's no point in jumping to conclusions. My family has owned two etorque Hemi's, and neither one had any issues in the three years we owned them.

 

[rogerthat]

Too bad it's already at the dealer. This would bear checking. FIXED(almost) completely dead electrical system. No crank no start no dash

thats what it was

Shoutout Ram service figuring it out super fast and getting me my truck back within a few hours.. on a Friday too.

Wish I had seen that post before I got it towed but oh well. Happy it was an easy fix.

 

[31RamIt]

thats what it was

Shoutout Ram service figuring it out super fast and getting me my truck back within a few hours.. on a Friday too.

Wish I had seen that post before I got it towed but oh well. Happy it was an easy fix.

Are we sure it wasn't the eTorque? @bigdodge really wants it to be the eTorque..

 

[BigHornDaddy318]

Truck just left me stranded. Completely dead, no electrical at all comes on. Bought a new battery, still nothing - 100% dead. Towed to dealer - 2020 Ram 1500 etorque. No issues up until this point, I bought it new, has 20k miles.

Having the same problem with non etorque truck. Can you share what the issue was?

 

[rogerthat]

Having the same problem with non etorque truck. Can you share what the issue was

 

[steveo18]

This may have been mentioned before, but it is worth mentioning again. Recently my 2020 Laramie has had a few instances where it would not start, 6 days apart. The first time it was a rough start followed by nothing. I used a power brick and it started and all codes eventually went away. The second time it was a hard start followed by nothing. first jump did not work, battery read 8 volts. Got all the coded noted below. Waited and second time it started and got me home. Charged over night and once the charger was removed the battery began discharging immediately. Charged again and reseated every fuse in the interior and exterior fuse box. 80% were not seated all the way. After this voltage rebounded to 12.48 volts and is holding steady.

 

[Rambilt]

Truck just left me stranded. Completely dead, no electrical at all comes on. Bought a new battery, still nothing - 100% dead. Towed to dealer - 2020 Ram 1500 etorque. No issues up until this point, I bought it new, has 20k miles.

I had the same thing happened to my 2021 ram 1500 etorque, one of the terminals was loose. Make sure these terminals are tight. The second one from the right was the one that. the dealer mechanic said was loose. I put loctite on all of them and never have that same problem again. Good luck!

v/r

Rick

 

[edaniel]

I have a 2020 RAM 1500 Laramie and I have lost all electrical power three times in the last few months. I have disconnected the negative battery terminal and tapped on the fuses and relays in the TIPM and the power eventually comes back. Does anyone know what is causing this issue??

 

[SD Rebel]

I have a 2020 RAM 1500 Laramie and I have lost all electrical power three times in the last few months. I have disconnected the negative battery terminal and tapped on the fuses and relays in the TIPM and the power eventually comes back. Does anyone know what is causing this issue??

Did you check the post above, there is a screw on the terminal with the fuse box that if becomes loose will be causing a similar issue.

Make sure all those bolts on the top of the picture are all nice and tight.

 

[Cdougie]

Ok then I'm praying that's what's been going on with my 2020 Rebel. I'm missing 2 screws.

 

[SD Rebel]

Ok then I'm praying that's what's been going on with my 2020 Rebel. I'm missing 2 screws.

Highly likely, people have issues when they are loose, I can imagine what happens when the bolt isn't there at all

Not likely something that would fall off, wonder if you had any work in the engine bay or some disconnected the battery for some reason?

 

[Cdougie]

Highly likely, people have issues when they are loose, I can imagine what happens when the bolt isn't there at all

Not likely something that would fall off, wonder if you had any work in the engine bay or some disconnected the battery for some reason?

Haven't had anything done yet other than diagnosis after 1st issue. I just bought this truck almost 2months ago. Has 58,000 miles.

 

[SD Rebel]

Haven't had anything done yet other than diagnosis after 1st issue. I just bought this truck almost 2months ago. Has 58,000 miles.

Gotcha, previous owner then. Get those bolted down, that hopefully was your issue.