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 case i am mentioning it.) The only thing he noted was he messed with the rear view mirror and thought it was very stiff and he may have broke some wires loose trying to get it to turn. But this is just where the fun begins, i took it to AutoZone to test the battery about 3 times in the next week. Every time it came back as a good battery. So In my head that meant battery is good, i can jump it so couldn't be a starter issues. I replaced the alternator. Everything is great for about a week. Dead again. Took it to my local dealership, they say my battery is bad. Only getting about half my CCA that its rated for. So i replace that. Again, good for about a week no problems. Then i go to drive and its dead. Jump it, drive about an hour to class. I stopped at the gas station probably less than 3 minutes of off time, and its dead again. I'm mostly mentioning this part to show how fast it dies sometimes. Sometimes it starts for a couple of days no issue, sometimes it can be dead within 15 minutes. Anyways, take it to the shop again, at this point i'm convinced its the starter. So i have them replace the starter. AGAIN no problems for about a week or two, then this time its sub 9 volts on the dash and making weird noises when i try to start it. I've seen some other posts say its like a loud pop from the front speaker. So its got to be parasitic draw from somewhere right? I took it back to the dealership and they've had it for about 9 days and about a whole 3 hours of diagnostics charged to me. now and have sent me 3 different texts that were the equivalent of we haven't even bothered looking at it today. They checked a RFH module in the back seat as they said that could be the problem, checked out fine. They have not really done anything else except tell me that they did "an all day amp draw test and there was no draw" I'm beyond frustrated at this point. I'm planning on picking it up today and any kind of insight on this issue as i try to tackle it myself would be greatly appreciated.
TLDR I have an electrical problem that leads to me not being able to start, Battery/ Attestator / starter are brand new. Dodge dealership are giving me the run around and milking me out of money with no end date in sight. I have just enough experience and schooling with electricity to get myself frustrated and confused, any help or ideas would be appreciated.
PS: Aside from the rear view mirror being potentially messed with, i've had a notification pop up from time to time about servicing the air ride suspension but it goes away within 30 seconds and i never paid attention to it. This is just an anomaly that i figured was worth mentioning. Its not necessarily new, i think it started almost ay ear ago.
TLDR I have an electrical problem that leads to me not being able to start, Battery/ Attestator / starter are brand new. Dodge dealership are giving me the run around and milking me out of money with no end date in sight. I have just enough experience and schooling with electricity to get myself frustrated and confused, any help or ideas would be appreciated.
PS: Aside from the rear view mirror being potentially messed with, i've had a notification pop up from time to time about servicing the air ride suspension but it goes away within 30 seconds and i never paid attention to it. This is just an anomaly that i figured was worth mentioning. Its not necessarily new, i think it started almost ay ear ago.
