StuartV
Ram Guru
I have the truck in my sig. 67K miles on it now. I drove it last Wed and it was fine. It was parked until yesterday (Monday - 5 days).
I went to go out to lunch yesterday and when I unlocked it, the power locks did unlock, but they sounded "soft". My power running board did deploy. Instrument cluster display powered up as normal.
I pressed the Start button and heard a loud click from the dash area, then nothing. Still had the instrument display. But, pressing Start no longer did anything. Got in and out a few times. Power locks and running boards worked a few more times, then quit. Instrument cluster would still display the message about pressing the brake and Start button to start engine.
I figured somehow my battery was dead. No doors had been left partly open. Headlights were still set in Auto position. So, no idea how my battery could have gotten depleted in 5 days of sitting.
I tried to jump it (from another running vehicle). Still not even a click when pressing Start.
I pulled the battery out and put it on a trickle charger overnight. Roughly 16 hours. The charger still showed that it was charging at its max rate of 0.8 amps when I took it off the charger this morning.
This morning, I put the battery back in. It started - but turning over sounded really weak. Once running, it gave me a CEL and a message that said "Electronic stability control error" or something like that.
I drove a few laps around where I live. It would not shift out of 1st gear. The battery meter on the EVIC said my battery was at 14.0V.
I parked it and shut it off. Got out. Closed the door. Locked it. Waited about 30 seconds. Got back in and it (weakly) started back up. Still showed the CEL and error message. Still wouldn't shift out of 1st when driving. Yes, I did try using the manual gear limiter buttons to make sure it "knew" it was allowed to use more than 1st gear. No difference.
I parked it again and called Mopar Roadside Assistance. The tow truck showed up 2 hours or so later. It tried to turn over and start, but it was so weak it failed the first time and then wouldn't even try again. The tow truck driver got out a Jumpstart Pack and we used that to get it started, so he could pull it out and get it lined up to go up on the flatbed. It has just arrived at the dealership, where they say they are backed up and will TRY to diagnose it sometime this week. Of course, my warranty provision for a rental car only kicks in once they diagnose it, so I am without any transportation for an undetermined amount of time, but I digress.
I'm just wondering if any of y'all have any insight as to what might be going on?
Is it possible that it's just a battery (the factory original) that developed a bad cell or something? And this truck is so sensitive that a bad/weak battery will keep it from even shifting out of 1st gear?
Or is it more likely that the battery pack in my e-Torque system has taken a sh!t?
Or what?
I went to go out to lunch yesterday and when I unlocked it, the power locks did unlock, but they sounded "soft". My power running board did deploy. Instrument cluster display powered up as normal.
I pressed the Start button and heard a loud click from the dash area, then nothing. Still had the instrument display. But, pressing Start no longer did anything. Got in and out a few times. Power locks and running boards worked a few more times, then quit. Instrument cluster would still display the message about pressing the brake and Start button to start engine.
I figured somehow my battery was dead. No doors had been left partly open. Headlights were still set in Auto position. So, no idea how my battery could have gotten depleted in 5 days of sitting.
I tried to jump it (from another running vehicle). Still not even a click when pressing Start.
I pulled the battery out and put it on a trickle charger overnight. Roughly 16 hours. The charger still showed that it was charging at its max rate of 0.8 amps when I took it off the charger this morning.
This morning, I put the battery back in. It started - but turning over sounded really weak. Once running, it gave me a CEL and a message that said "Electronic stability control error" or something like that.
I drove a few laps around where I live. It would not shift out of 1st gear. The battery meter on the EVIC said my battery was at 14.0V.
I parked it and shut it off. Got out. Closed the door. Locked it. Waited about 30 seconds. Got back in and it (weakly) started back up. Still showed the CEL and error message. Still wouldn't shift out of 1st when driving. Yes, I did try using the manual gear limiter buttons to make sure it "knew" it was allowed to use more than 1st gear. No difference.
I parked it again and called Mopar Roadside Assistance. The tow truck showed up 2 hours or so later. It tried to turn over and start, but it was so weak it failed the first time and then wouldn't even try again. The tow truck driver got out a Jumpstart Pack and we used that to get it started, so he could pull it out and get it lined up to go up on the flatbed. It has just arrived at the dealership, where they say they are backed up and will TRY to diagnose it sometime this week. Of course, my warranty provision for a rental car only kicks in once they diagnose it, so I am without any transportation for an undetermined amount of time, but I digress.
I'm just wondering if any of y'all have any insight as to what might be going on?
Is it possible that it's just a battery (the factory original) that developed a bad cell or something? And this truck is so sensitive that a bad/weak battery will keep it from even shifting out of 1st gear?
Or is it more likely that the battery pack in my e-Torque system has taken a sh!t?
Or what?