Why is the battery dying on my F150?
Why is the battery dying on my F150?
Could also be a faulty alternator It’ll be a pain in the arse but a tell tale way to find out what it is get a multimeter and unhook the positive battery and hook the meter to the bat. Should be low amps, roughly 35 miliamps max.
Why did the battery die on my Silverado?
ETA: No light in glove box. Thought that it was just a bad connection since it started up 3x after being on charger less than 2min. 30 min later, dead again. I had a similar problem with my Silverado and after two months of local shops not being able to find the problem I traded in the truck.
What should the amps be on a F150 battery?
It’ll be a pain in the arse but a tell tale way to find out what it is get a multimeter and unhook the positive battery and hook the meter to the bat. Should be low amps, roughly 35 miliamps max. If it’s higher pop open the fuse box and start pulling them out until the amps dip down to that amount and that’ll be what’s draining you
What happens to the battery in an escape?
Bottom line, we do know that by design the Escape does have some battery loads after ignition-off, though that should be low immediately after ignition-off and drop even lower when the vehicle enters full ‘sleep mode’. I don’t know that there is any ‘state’ where there is absolutely zero load on the battery.
What to do if your Ford F150 battery dies?
Unplug your glove compartment light bulb. Some vehicles glove departments do not close appropriately to toggle off the light and it will drain a battery like you wouldn’t believe. I haven’t heard too many problems in ford’s but this used to be a problem in Mercury’s which of course might as well be Ford Thanks, ill go check that out and see.
Why does my Ford Escape battery keep going dead?
I like a good mystery. So when a dame, claiming to be my wife, came knocking on my office door, I was all grins. Her Escape battery would occasionally go dead overnight. No unusual activity, no witnesses.
ETA: No light in glove box. Thought that it was just a bad connection since it started up 3x after being on charger less than 2min. 30 min later, dead again. I had a similar problem with my Silverado and after two months of local shops not being able to find the problem I traded in the truck.
Why does my F150 battery drain after sitting overnight?
As a result at random times the 4×4 light would illuminate (but the truck wasn’t nor went into 4WD mode…light would just illuminate. Battery would drain after sitting overnight. The leak would run down the a-pillar and into the fuse box area the GEM is mounted behind the fuse box. It’s a bitch to change.