Jake8
Member
Story: Yesterday, I was driving a few hours none stop, assuming the battery should get charged in such a situation, nope, wrong. I got to a red light, stopped, the auto shutoff function kicks in and there goes the car turning off. The battery was drained and unable to startup the car. I actually started noticing problems a few minutes earlier, while driving the car at about 35mph, it just went into neutral gear on it own while driving, a minute before that the car shutoff at the last light but was able to startup over again with my first attempt(first time in over 30k miles).
I bought the vehicle in December of 2019.
Questions:
Should I go buy a AGM battery charger or should I just buy a new battery?
Should I try the dealership to see if something is draining the battery or is 2 years expected out of this vehicle battery? I never left the lights on or anything like that.
I have a recall from Ford about 21N08 PCM REPROGRAM DUE TO ENGINE SHUDDEr, 21B10 POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAM FOR CAM PHASER RATTLE. Can any of this be related to the battery issue?
Thanks in advance for any opinions, advice or comments.
I bought the vehicle in December of 2019.
Questions:
Should I go buy a AGM battery charger or should I just buy a new battery?
Should I try the dealership to see if something is draining the battery or is 2 years expected out of this vehicle battery? I never left the lights on or anything like that.
I have a recall from Ford about 21N08 PCM REPROGRAM DUE TO ENGINE SHUDDEr, 21B10 POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAM FOR CAM PHASER RATTLE. Can any of this be related to the battery issue?
Thanks in advance for any opinions, advice or comments.
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