Hello all. I’m new, and I have what seems to be an old issue, but haven’t seen much in the way of solid solutions yet. Giving this a try.
I have an 05 Expy, Eddie Bauer edition I’ve owned for just over one year. From the beginning I’ve always had a TPMS error that I have to clear with reset. No biggie.
A couple weeks ago, I started to have charging issues (I thought) where I almost or actually did require a jump to get started. I discovered a lot of corrosion on the battery connectors and cables when I tried a charge on the battery to see if it held. I cleaned that all well, charged battery to full, and went all week last week on the road for work with zero problems. Came home Friday night and parked in driveway (son had my spot occupied with his four wheeler project). It was raining if that has any bearing, though I don’t notice any leaking in the vehicle. Got up Saturday morning to start the truck and go have new tires installed and it was dead. I figured the battery must indeed be bad. Go to Walmart, have new tires installed and battery checked, they say battery is good, and charging system also. I go through the rest of Saturday with zero problems.
Today (Sunday), same dead issue. But now I noticed the door locks don’t work (thankfully it was unlocked so at least I can get in all the doors and hatch), interior lights don’t come on with door opening (they do work, just not auto), the auto headlights don’t come on (manual works), I have the TPMS error, plus Door Sensor Data Error on the dash display, and of course the radio and window controls don’t auto off with door opening. They do the usual timeout of 10 or so minutes.
With these issues somehow there is a drain on the battery I’m guessing, or something that caused the initial problem I had has grown into this.
I plan to download ForScan and purchase the dongle, as it could have saved me some diagnosis time on previous issues I’ve had (bad coil packs, VTC solenoid, etc).
In the meantime, anyone have some insight as to what I need to look for? I’ve seen some issues being the VSM , and others communication to it, plus other odd wiring problems. I’m hoping not the latter.
Oz
I have an 05 Expy, Eddie Bauer edition I’ve owned for just over one year. From the beginning I’ve always had a TPMS error that I have to clear with reset. No biggie.
A couple weeks ago, I started to have charging issues (I thought) where I almost or actually did require a jump to get started. I discovered a lot of corrosion on the battery connectors and cables when I tried a charge on the battery to see if it held. I cleaned that all well, charged battery to full, and went all week last week on the road for work with zero problems. Came home Friday night and parked in driveway (son had my spot occupied with his four wheeler project). It was raining if that has any bearing, though I don’t notice any leaking in the vehicle. Got up Saturday morning to start the truck and go have new tires installed and it was dead. I figured the battery must indeed be bad. Go to Walmart, have new tires installed and battery checked, they say battery is good, and charging system also. I go through the rest of Saturday with zero problems.
Today (Sunday), same dead issue. But now I noticed the door locks don’t work (thankfully it was unlocked so at least I can get in all the doors and hatch), interior lights don’t come on with door opening (they do work, just not auto), the auto headlights don’t come on (manual works), I have the TPMS error, plus Door Sensor Data Error on the dash display, and of course the radio and window controls don’t auto off with door opening. They do the usual timeout of 10 or so minutes.
With these issues somehow there is a drain on the battery I’m guessing, or something that caused the initial problem I had has grown into this.
I plan to download ForScan and purchase the dongle, as it could have saved me some diagnosis time on previous issues I’ve had (bad coil packs, VTC solenoid, etc).
In the meantime, anyone have some insight as to what I need to look for? I’ve seen some issues being the VSM , and others communication to it, plus other odd wiring problems. I’m hoping not the latter.
Oz