Vehicle shutting off - acting erratically
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ChrisInAustinTX
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Two days later the service center takes a look at the car and can’t replicate the issue. The advisor saw the issue when I dropped the car off, it would start. The car sat for 2 days and the issue is gone. Weird.
ShawnP
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I have a 2018 F-150 Platinum as well as a 2020 Expedition Limited Special Edition....and my F-150 just started doing the flickering (not the retracting running boards issue).
Paul Bird
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I have a new to me 2019 Platinum (10k miles) that was doing exactly what yours did two days after I bought it in December. Turns out that the prior owner had this happen three times (wasn't on carfax) and the their dealership replaced battery and still couldn't fix it.
My dealer has replaced the body control module and 'think' they have solved it. I am not at all convinced because it had stopped doing it before they replaced the module. I think that there is a CANbus wiring fault or a bad ground and it will come back. Super frustrating that there is not a way to isolate and troubleshoot these issues.
My dealer has replaced the body control module and 'think' they have solved it. I am not at all convinced because it had stopped doing it before they replaced the module. I think that there is a CANbus wiring fault or a bad ground and it will come back. Super frustrating that there is not a way to isolate and troubleshoot these issues.
duneslider
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Just curious, why do modern cars not have better battery life? I got 7 years out of the last battery in my jeep, considering it sees a fair bit of offroad use that seems pretty good to me but maybe 2007 isn't modern enough to suffer from poor battery life? I always assumed poor battery life was more of a crappy battery problem, and not so much the car's fault.
Combo of both. 2007 is 13 years old. FAR many parasitic draws in Newer vehicles. Batteries are ALWAYS being drained...
The other issue is that manufacturers engineer OEM batteries to last 36 Months or barely more. Basically so they don’t have to replace them under warranty.
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Deadman
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I can walk out to my garage at any hour of the night and I sometimes hear my Expedition running some damn electronic "thing". No clue what it is, but its all draining that battery a little at a time.
Lou Hamilton
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I had my dash cam “parking mode” on until recently. I feel it was one of the main culprits of battery draw.
It’s too soon to tell if there has been any permanent damage to the battery. I’m still not driving much, if at all, most days to really get the battery re-charged.
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It’s too soon to tell if there has been any permanent damage to the battery. I’m still not driving much, if at all, most days to really get the battery re-charged.
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Paul Bird
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This is not a battery issue. The prior owner had the battery replaced under warrantee in November in an effort to remedy the problem - which it did not. When the problem started I unhooked the battery for a night to try to clear the computer. That didn't work. I then swapped the battery with a new one that I got for my boat, and that didn't work. This is definitely a network/ground/wiring problem.
MxRacer965
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My 2011 Grand Cherokee went nearly 10 years on the original battery! Just replaced it this Fall. It’s was AGM and is in a compartment under the passenger seat. It was also garaged its entire life. Wonder if those factors helped?
it only got replaced because the compressor for the suspension failed and the dealer had it for weeks struggling to get the new compressor working. They finally determined it was a bad battery, so we replaced it and all was well. Vehicle still started, ran, and worked fine other than that. So I just kept going to see how long it would last!
