Gremlins in electrical ?
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Gremlins in electrical ?
So in the past 3 days I have had the following happen to my Lariat . I have amp running boards on and the passenger side activated while I was standing outside vehicle , never touched a thing , next day I get in and my seat memory was all out of whack , today I get in and my clock is an hour behind ? Other things have happened such as I get in and NAV is activated without touching anything , display screen was stuck in night mode . Anyone have any idea wth is going on ?
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But, seriously...
Two things you can do right now (the first, if you have a volt meter) - check the resting voltage of your battery. This will be a rough estimate of your battery's resting voltage because there's so much going on with these trucks that the battery never really gets to "rest". It should be at least a 75% SoC - +/- 12.4 volts. Too many short trips may not sufficiently charge the battery. It's ok to once a month (or whenever) to put a good, microprocessor-controlled charger on your truck's battery to top it off. Batteries like to be kept full. They last longer this way.
Next things to check are some connections; first at the battery terminals. Then, what you can at the fuse box (honestly, I haven't looked at mine yet and have had the truck two months)... if you can get a fuse index (Owners Guide?), you can remove and replace the main power fuses to ensure a solid connection there.
If you cannot easily perform these checks them I'm afraid it's dealer tech time. Perhaps that's the best way to go and from a warranty standpoint. Good luck.
Remember that most electrical issues are simple in nature, but with all the electronically-controlled, electrically-powered accessories on our modern trucks the symptoms displayed might make our heads spin.
Two things you can do right now (the first, if you have a volt meter) - check the resting voltage of your battery. This will be a rough estimate of your battery's resting voltage because there's so much going on with these trucks that the battery never really gets to "rest". It should be at least a 75% SoC - +/- 12.4 volts. Too many short trips may not sufficiently charge the battery. It's ok to once a month (or whenever) to put a good, microprocessor-controlled charger on your truck's battery to top it off. Batteries like to be kept full. They last longer this way.
Next things to check are some connections; first at the battery terminals. Then, what you can at the fuse box (honestly, I haven't looked at mine yet and have had the truck two months)... if you can get a fuse index (Owners Guide?), you can remove and replace the main power fuses to ensure a solid connection there.
If you cannot easily perform these checks them I'm afraid it's dealer tech time. Perhaps that's the best way to go and from a warranty standpoint. Good luck.
Remember that most electrical issues are simple in nature, but with all the electronically-controlled, electrically-powered accessories on our modern trucks the symptoms displayed might make our heads spin.
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But, seriously...
Two things you can do right now (the first, if you have a volt meter) - check the resting voltage of your battery. This will be a rough estimate of your battery's resting voltage because there's so much going on with these trucks that the battery never really gets to "rest". It should be at least a 75% SoC - +/- 12.4 volts. Too many short trips may not sufficiently charge the battery. It's ok to once a month (or whenever) to put a good, microprocessor-controlled charger on your truck's battery to top it off. Batteries like to be kept full. They last longer this way.
Next things to check are some connections; first at the battery terminals. Then, what you can at the fuse box (honestly, I haven't looked at mine yet and have had the truck two months)... if you can get a fuse index (Owners Guide?), you can remove and replace the main power fuses to ensure a solid connection there.
If you cannot easily perform these checks them I'm afraid it's dealer tech time. Perhaps that's the best way to go and from a warranty standpoint. Good luck.
Remember that most electrical issues are simple in nature, but with all the electronically-controlled, electrically-powered accessories on our modern trucks the symptoms displayed might make our heads spin.
Two things you can do right now (the first, if you have a volt meter) - check the resting voltage of your battery. This will be a rough estimate of your battery's resting voltage because there's so much going on with these trucks that the battery never really gets to "rest". It should be at least a 75% SoC - +/- 12.4 volts. Too many short trips may not sufficiently charge the battery. It's ok to once a month (or whenever) to put a good, microprocessor-controlled charger on your truck's battery to top it off. Batteries like to be kept full. They last longer this way.
Next things to check are some connections; first at the battery terminals. Then, what you can at the fuse box (honestly, I haven't looked at mine yet and have had the truck two months)... if you can get a fuse index (Owners Guide?), you can remove and replace the main power fuses to ensure a solid connection there.
If you cannot easily perform these checks them I'm afraid it's dealer tech time. Perhaps that's the best way to go and from a warranty standpoint. Good luck.
Remember that most electrical issues are simple in nature, but with all the electronically-controlled, electrically-powered accessories on our modern trucks the symptoms displayed might make our heads spin.
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Also, the bad thing about these issues when you bring it to the dealer, if it can't be reproduced on demand at that point and time at the dealer, then it never happened and you are just imagining it.
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