no MORE_MPG
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Hello mdexp.
I'll share a story that may or may not be relevant.
Upon returning from a week of business travel, I found that I was not able to unlock my vehicle (not a Ford) with the keyfob. There was no sign of anything electrical going on at all. I had locked the physical key inside the vehicle (feel free to knock me for this). So, after calling for a back-up physical key, I opened the door and noted that the LCD odometer was blank.
I opened the hood, visually inspected the battery connections, which all looked normal. Upon touching the connections (not disconnecting, just touching), everything came to life and worked perfectly. The battery was fully charged.
The only conclusion that I could come to was that while the cables were connected physically, they were not connected electrically. There must have been some corrosion occur between the post and clamp.
In your case, there may have been a poor connection to the battery which confused the regulator causing it to tell the alternator to over-produce current (or maybe voltage). This is at least partially negated by the fact that it apparently started without issue using remote-start.
Best of luck getting this issue resolved! (or having it never happening again)
Ben
I'll share a story that may or may not be relevant.
Upon returning from a week of business travel, I found that I was not able to unlock my vehicle (not a Ford) with the keyfob. There was no sign of anything electrical going on at all. I had locked the physical key inside the vehicle (feel free to knock me for this). So, after calling for a back-up physical key, I opened the door and noted that the LCD odometer was blank.
I opened the hood, visually inspected the battery connections, which all looked normal. Upon touching the connections (not disconnecting, just touching), everything came to life and worked perfectly. The battery was fully charged.
The only conclusion that I could come to was that while the cables were connected physically, they were not connected electrically. There must have been some corrosion occur between the post and clamp.
In your case, there may have been a poor connection to the battery which confused the regulator causing it to tell the alternator to over-produce current (or maybe voltage). This is at least partially negated by the fact that it apparently started without issue using remote-start.
Best of luck getting this issue resolved! (or having it never happening again)
Ben