Minnie Pearl
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Update: 9/21/22, Got my truck back from the dealer this morning. Make ready tech dropped it at the front door at 9 am (it was ready yesterday but .....). Wonder of wonders - they replaced the battery ( I looked at the terminal end of the ground straps, doesn't look like they took it apart). Ticket reads; 'Tested battery with GR8 - No cold cranking amps and will not charge'. This saga lasted 2 years 14 days, had over 15 'dead battery events' starting within the first week I owned the truck, required a minimum of 5 road RAM warranty service 'jump box' responses, multiple 'hook up my own battery charger' mornings, a half dozen ' damn it, I am gonna be late' panic attacks, 6 to 8 hours of service writer time on the phone or in person, 4 to 6 hours of tech time, at least several hours of conversations and emails with RAM Cares customer service, multiple calls to my handicap installer and the equipment manufacture, and additional $4,000 cost to me to replace the original handicap equipment with another unit to eliminate ALL possibility of non - OEM draw, multiple hours and msg's on this forum, the purchase of two personal jump boxes (the small glove box 1,000 amp didn't have enough capacity to draw from) and one 1.7 mile warranty wrecker call. But; damn it, I WON the $200 OEM battery on my bumper to bumper warranty.
Ok Ram Fans,
Here I go again. Rolled out to the truck to go pick up some meds. It has been 11 days since I last drove, and about 47 days since I got it back from the dealer (remember the front proximity sensor horn stuck 'ON' for over thirty minutes just after I got it back). In those 47 days it had easily started the few times I drove it maybe 100 miles, or used the key fob for remote starts. Because the remote start on the key fob didn't work, I reached in to prestart engine, my Auto Zone cigarette lighter auxiliary battery gauge showed 10.38 volts. I pushed the start button and a loud 'POP' came out of the speakers, but nothing else - not even dash display idiot lights. Pushed start button again, same 'POP', same dash nothing. No Problem I thought, So I got my brand spanking new (30-40 days riding in the back seat) NAPA 1100 amp battery jump box & pushed the test button - fully charged, hooked it up, pushed the test button again - dead battery. Turned jump box 'ON', rolled around and hit truck's starter button, POWER! It took several cranks but the engine started (even had parking lights on to take surge of power - do LEDs do that?). After I disconnected the jump box the engine kept running, but had a low end knock, a 'race cam'' lope,, and an intermittent cylinder ignition miss. I wrapped up the jump box, turned the lights off, tried to deploy my equipment and nothing - "12 Volt' alarm displayed on pendant. So, I video'd the blank dash display, the pendent alarm and the engine lope, miss fire and low end knock - got it on the sound track anyway. Then I tried to raise the engine RPM - nothing - would not go over 1100 RPM, tried several times - nothing. So I rolled around the truck trying to determine if the knock and cylinder miss were on left bank or right bank, I could not tell. Much to my surprise, and my neighbors son standing next to me, after idling about 5 or 6 minutes, the engine simply DIED. Rather than trying to restart it with the jump box, I tried to lock the door, but was not enough power to do even that. Guess it's time for a tow truck. It's Saturday afternoon, after 4 pm, no one but sales at the dealerships, so Monday is the earliest. Any usefulness in calling Ram road service? Any other suggestions? How about it RAM representative? p.s. For those who had been following the Minnie Pearl saga, I had a cold front drop ambient night time temps to 65F this week.
Ok Ram Fans,
Here I go again. Rolled out to the truck to go pick up some meds. It has been 11 days since I last drove, and about 47 days since I got it back from the dealer (remember the front proximity sensor horn stuck 'ON' for over thirty minutes just after I got it back). In those 47 days it had easily started the few times I drove it maybe 100 miles, or used the key fob for remote starts. Because the remote start on the key fob didn't work, I reached in to prestart engine, my Auto Zone cigarette lighter auxiliary battery gauge showed 10.38 volts. I pushed the start button and a loud 'POP' came out of the speakers, but nothing else - not even dash display idiot lights. Pushed start button again, same 'POP', same dash nothing. No Problem I thought, So I got my brand spanking new (30-40 days riding in the back seat) NAPA 1100 amp battery jump box & pushed the test button - fully charged, hooked it up, pushed the test button again - dead battery. Turned jump box 'ON', rolled around and hit truck's starter button, POWER! It took several cranks but the engine started (even had parking lights on to take surge of power - do LEDs do that?). After I disconnected the jump box the engine kept running, but had a low end knock, a 'race cam'' lope,, and an intermittent cylinder ignition miss. I wrapped up the jump box, turned the lights off, tried to deploy my equipment and nothing - "12 Volt' alarm displayed on pendant. So, I video'd the blank dash display, the pendent alarm and the engine lope, miss fire and low end knock - got it on the sound track anyway. Then I tried to raise the engine RPM - nothing - would not go over 1100 RPM, tried several times - nothing. So I rolled around the truck trying to determine if the knock and cylinder miss were on left bank or right bank, I could not tell. Much to my surprise, and my neighbors son standing next to me, after idling about 5 or 6 minutes, the engine simply DIED. Rather than trying to restart it with the jump box, I tried to lock the door, but was not enough power to do even that. Guess it's time for a tow truck. It's Saturday afternoon, after 4 pm, no one but sales at the dealerships, so Monday is the earliest. Any usefulness in calling Ram road service? Any other suggestions? How about it RAM representative? p.s. For those who had been following the Minnie Pearl saga, I had a cold front drop ambient night time temps to 65F this week.
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