2025 Battery Issues

[Hayride]

So, the dealer checked the battery said it's ok, guess they recharged it and say its holding fine. but they say the only thing they have done is removed the Rough Country eboard power steps wires from the battery. I'm surprised if it's the steps because they have been on the truck for 6 weeks and work fine, no dead battery. Now overnight the truck drained the battery somehow. Hmmm, i still think it's a software thing, even the dealer said they have a continuous communication issue with the new rams that basically has it drawing power all the time. If the dealer gives it back and battery is holding charge, i'll connect the eboards again and test for parasitic draw. I'd ask them to check that but i'm sure they won't given its an aftermarket gizmo.

 

[hogger]

even the dealer said they have a continuous communication issue with the new rams that basically has it drawing power all the time

Not just new RAMS. 2022 here that's doing it too. 'cept I'm surrounded by incompetent dealers that say it's working as expected (hint, coming out to the truck to find the battery at 11.7V 2 hours after a 3.5 hour drive is not working correctly).

 

[CHakomaki]

Hey everyone - Not really looking for a solution here, but more curious if anyone has had similar issues, and if they were ever resolved.

I recently traded in my 2500 Ram Power Wagon (2022) that I loved and never had a single issue with, but having owned a 1500 previously, I had been looking to go back for the better gas mileage and a more reasonable size for someone living in a city.

The first morning after purchasing my truck, I woke up to a dead battery. I had it replaced by the dealership and chalked it up to a truck that had been sitting on the lot for too long. All was good until a month later when I the battery died again. This was the Friday after Thanksgiving, so I was stuck with a dead battery until the dealership opened back up on Monday. On Friday/Saturday, I jumped the battery and was able to take multiple trips throughout the day with the truck being off for about 5 hours between drives. On Sunday, I jumped the truck to run to the store. In the time I was in the store, the battery died and I had to jump the truck in the parking lot. One interesting thing I noticed is that the lock/unlock feature did not work since the first time the battery died on friday. Even while driving, the doors wouldn't lock/unlock electronically.

The big issues start on Monday. I go to jump the truck and take it to the dealership, and the truck will not start. I attempted to jump it from my Noco 1750A (battery is only 800CCA), my girlfriends sedan, and a city truck (F250) that saw my struggling and stopped to help. At this point, my shifter knob is just floating and free spinning between P/N/R/D.

At this point, I call a tow truck and have the truck taken to the dealership. The dealership is claiming they are hooking it up to a diagnostic machine that can take "up to 6 hours"...

I am waiting to hear back currently and see how big of an issue it is, but I was wondering if anyone else has had similar issues on a 2025 1500. I see numerous post talking about phantom drain, but no one has mentioned issues that stem this far.

Has anyone found the problem with there batteries going dead?

 

[CHakomaki]

Has anyone found what is draining the batteries