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Washed the truck today to get it ready for the flares and vinyl (on headlights.and under the flares). Also will be finishing up the tinted bed liner on the rockers and front bumper ends. Eventually I'll do a MOVE front bumper as well but for now... I'll do another post/write-up at some point once I have a few more things finished up.

Will do. Also, I forgot to mention, even though the dash and other things get shut off, I am still able to access and scan codes/live data. Until it decides to shut down the entire system. Then I need to unplug the scanner to restart. Thanks for any help/input, Andrew

Ok so update: I did find that when I connect my scanner to check nthe ECM voltage, as soon as it makes the connection shortly after plugged in to the OBD port that is when all the lights/messages pop up on the dash and all the guages shut off. Also, AC, radio, signals etc also lose power. It does retain power to the windows and headlights. Once I unplug my scanner, everything on the dash goes back to normal. Anyone ever experienced this? (Or find a fix)? I need to check more grounds and fuses, but hopefully it's not a bad ECM... I hate electrical gremlins... Andrew

Thanks, I'll have to check that out. I did throw a battery in it this afternoon at work because I did a load test and the one in it was questionable. It never had any problems starting though. After the new battery it did climb up a little high right around 15 volts but then went back down sooner than before. I'll monitor it on my ride home and go from there. Fingers crossed although I have my doubts. I'll keep my findings posted as I find out. Thanks, Andrew

So a couple months ago my dash on my 2011 Silverado lit up and then went dead so I figured it was my alternator and bought a new one. Fast forward to now and it did it again the other day so I warrantied the alternator and still no fix. When the issue is in its milder form the service traction message shows up. I noticed that the voltage runs over 15 on startup and when it gets bad I noticed it kept climbing and the I'm guessing ECU protection kicks in and the truck shuts off if in park. I had my live data scan on ECU voltage but missed how high it got before shutting down. Bad battery? I still need to do. Battery load test. I'm pretty good at figuring out and doing all my own stuff but this one has me stumped since I think the alternator regulator is ECU controlled. Thanks in advance for any help. (This is my first post) Andrew