Hey guys,
First of all, love this forum and all the information thats available on here. I’ve already learned so much about my truck from doing reading on here, mainly regarding the problems that some are riddled with.
Owner of a 2019 Ram Sport 5.7 non etorque With 167k. Bought this truck 2nd hand about 2 Months ago, and is my first Ram, was previously a GM guy. Switched to Ram cause I love their look, and the interior of these trucks are amazing.
First week or so owning the truck, no issues at all. Few weeks in, and once the weather started to get colder I went out one morning and truck wouldn’t start, just a click from the starter solenoid. Assumed battery was dead, so jumped it with my wife’s SUV, and eventually started up. I only drive 2km to work each way, so chalked it up as the short trips weren’t charging the battery, so started hooking my Noco charger to it over night. Truck ended up needing to be boosted a few more times at work, so bought a new H7 AGM Energizer battery from Costco to replace the Mopar that was in it, hoped problem solved.
Few days with the new battery, again discovered it wouldn’t start, just clicked. At this point I’m pissed, and frustrated. Jumped it like all the other times, and like always it eventually started. At this point I assume there’s a draw from something, disconnected the negative terminal, and checked for a parasitic draw. With my multimeter measuring between the negative terminal and negative post on the battery, I watched the voltage bounce around pretty drastically right off the bat, but eventually settled and stayed constant at like 25ma. Did some reading, and read these trucks take awhile for everything to go to sleep, so assumed the initial voltage bouncing is modules waking up when I first connect my meter to the post and terminal, and then they go back to sleep, 25ma seemed to be a non issue from what I read.
Again, kept my Noco charger hooked up every night to the new H7 battery just to reassure myself I wouldnt have a dead truck at work again, but I did.. At this point I’m still thinking there’s a draw somewhere, or something is turning on randomly several hours after which I’m not seeing with my meter since I’m not hanging out under the hood for hours. After needing to jump this new battery probably like 10+ times, I’m feeling it’s probably done some damage, or dropped a cell, or maybe is was a defective battery to begin with. Return the H7 to Costco, and replace with a new H8 AGM Energizer battery, problem has to be fixed now! Installed the H8 and hooked the charger to it overnight, started right up in the morning, and no issues at work. Hooked up my charger again that night, and again no issues starting in the morning, but experience a no start at work, just a single click from the solenoid. When this happens, truck has only been sitting from 730am-1230pm and I’m trying to go home for lunch, so now I’m mind boggled that this new H8 battery that has had the charger on it the night prior it giving me issues again. Pulled up the voltage on the dash, and it’s telling me it’s 12.5-12.6, which tells Me this bastard should be starting. Recall reading on the forum of others having the clicking and no start, and tried pushing the start/stop button several times and eventually it would start. So I do the same thing, cycle the ignition with the button about 4-5 times and sure enough it cranks. Now I’m convinced this isn’t a battery or draw issue, I’m leaning towards the starter.
Before getting the starter replaced, there was more occasions where truck wouldn’t crank, just a click, now even in the morning with the charger hooked on it. Get the starter replaced yesterday by a mechanic buddy thinking this is it, now I can enjoy my truck, and sure enough just clicks and doesn’t crank before we can even get it off the jack stand with the new starter. Took like 30-40 cycles of the ignition, and eventually fired up with the new starter. This morning I went out, unhooked my charger and tried to use my fob to remote start, click.. f***, go in the cab and push the start button, and it cranks. At this point my fuel light is on cause I’ve been too paranoid to take it to get gas fearing it won’t crank up, but I have no choice now. Go to the gas station, shut it down, fill it up, I get back in and hit the button, click. Repeat 3 times, click, click, click, try again, and it cranks thankfully.
Now Im here writing this long winded story of my recent Ram life looking for answers. Have read lots about the RF hub and the back window. Sure enough I have 2 cracks in my back power window trim and looks like water has leaked through at some point. I have been taking this thing through an automatic wash regularly, I didn’t check/notice this back window till recent, but safe to say if I go through the auto wash again I’ll be seeing water come in around the window. Seen the TSB recently released that extends coverage on the back windows, so I’ll be looking to get that done and will try and push the dealership to replace the HUb at the same time, but I’m hesitant to think the Rf hub is causing this starting nightmare, because my fobs work to lock/unlock the truck without issue. I’ll be going out shortly to check body grounds and see if there’s anything else i can find, but it’s just overall disheartening right now, my 2009 Sierra was a dream compared to this.
Last thing I’ll add, is with my insurance, it’s like a pay as you go type setup that you can top up kms as you need to cause I only drive about 4000-5000km a year. That being said, it requires an module plugged into the OBD port to track the kms, so it crossed my mind that thing has been the bane of my existence and maybe keeping the truck “awake”, but I started unplugging that while at work and sure enough the starting issues have remained.
First of all, love this forum and all the information thats available on here. I’ve already learned so much about my truck from doing reading on here, mainly regarding the problems that some are riddled with.
Owner of a 2019 Ram Sport 5.7 non etorque With 167k. Bought this truck 2nd hand about 2 Months ago, and is my first Ram, was previously a GM guy. Switched to Ram cause I love their look, and the interior of these trucks are amazing.
First week or so owning the truck, no issues at all. Few weeks in, and once the weather started to get colder I went out one morning and truck wouldn’t start, just a click from the starter solenoid. Assumed battery was dead, so jumped it with my wife’s SUV, and eventually started up. I only drive 2km to work each way, so chalked it up as the short trips weren’t charging the battery, so started hooking my Noco charger to it over night. Truck ended up needing to be boosted a few more times at work, so bought a new H7 AGM Energizer battery from Costco to replace the Mopar that was in it, hoped problem solved.
Few days with the new battery, again discovered it wouldn’t start, just clicked. At this point I’m pissed, and frustrated. Jumped it like all the other times, and like always it eventually started. At this point I assume there’s a draw from something, disconnected the negative terminal, and checked for a parasitic draw. With my multimeter measuring between the negative terminal and negative post on the battery, I watched the voltage bounce around pretty drastically right off the bat, but eventually settled and stayed constant at like 25ma. Did some reading, and read these trucks take awhile for everything to go to sleep, so assumed the initial voltage bouncing is modules waking up when I first connect my meter to the post and terminal, and then they go back to sleep, 25ma seemed to be a non issue from what I read.
Again, kept my Noco charger hooked up every night to the new H7 battery just to reassure myself I wouldnt have a dead truck at work again, but I did.. At this point I’m still thinking there’s a draw somewhere, or something is turning on randomly several hours after which I’m not seeing with my meter since I’m not hanging out under the hood for hours. After needing to jump this new battery probably like 10+ times, I’m feeling it’s probably done some damage, or dropped a cell, or maybe is was a defective battery to begin with. Return the H7 to Costco, and replace with a new H8 AGM Energizer battery, problem has to be fixed now! Installed the H8 and hooked the charger to it overnight, started right up in the morning, and no issues at work. Hooked up my charger again that night, and again no issues starting in the morning, but experience a no start at work, just a single click from the solenoid. When this happens, truck has only been sitting from 730am-1230pm and I’m trying to go home for lunch, so now I’m mind boggled that this new H8 battery that has had the charger on it the night prior it giving me issues again. Pulled up the voltage on the dash, and it’s telling me it’s 12.5-12.6, which tells Me this bastard should be starting. Recall reading on the forum of others having the clicking and no start, and tried pushing the start/stop button several times and eventually it would start. So I do the same thing, cycle the ignition with the button about 4-5 times and sure enough it cranks. Now I’m convinced this isn’t a battery or draw issue, I’m leaning towards the starter.
Before getting the starter replaced, there was more occasions where truck wouldn’t crank, just a click, now even in the morning with the charger hooked on it. Get the starter replaced yesterday by a mechanic buddy thinking this is it, now I can enjoy my truck, and sure enough just clicks and doesn’t crank before we can even get it off the jack stand with the new starter. Took like 30-40 cycles of the ignition, and eventually fired up with the new starter. This morning I went out, unhooked my charger and tried to use my fob to remote start, click.. f***, go in the cab and push the start button, and it cranks. At this point my fuel light is on cause I’ve been too paranoid to take it to get gas fearing it won’t crank up, but I have no choice now. Go to the gas station, shut it down, fill it up, I get back in and hit the button, click. Repeat 3 times, click, click, click, try again, and it cranks thankfully.
Now Im here writing this long winded story of my recent Ram life looking for answers. Have read lots about the RF hub and the back window. Sure enough I have 2 cracks in my back power window trim and looks like water has leaked through at some point. I have been taking this thing through an automatic wash regularly, I didn’t check/notice this back window till recent, but safe to say if I go through the auto wash again I’ll be seeing water come in around the window. Seen the TSB recently released that extends coverage on the back windows, so I’ll be looking to get that done and will try and push the dealership to replace the HUb at the same time, but I’m hesitant to think the Rf hub is causing this starting nightmare, because my fobs work to lock/unlock the truck without issue. I’ll be going out shortly to check body grounds and see if there’s anything else i can find, but it’s just overall disheartening right now, my 2009 Sierra was a dream compared to this.
Last thing I’ll add, is with my insurance, it’s like a pay as you go type setup that you can top up kms as you need to cause I only drive about 4000-5000km a year. That being said, it requires an module plugged into the OBD port to track the kms, so it crossed my mind that thing has been the bane of my existence and maybe keeping the truck “awake”, but I started unplugging that while at work and sure enough the starting issues have remained.
