Joshsch

Just to follow up on things - After a few charges all systems seem to be normal. The light will show solid green when charged. As Jim explained, it will not always charge fully if you are not driving the truck much. Every 5 days it will want to kick in the generator to purge the evap system and will not charge any higher than 2/3. However, if go for a drive and charge it after this it will charge fully. A bit concerning at first glance but normal operation. This is certainly an interesting truck. Have been putting a few miles on it. Cleaned it up with a new set of wheels and tires off of a 2022 Silverado. Even tried out the export panel with my welder, pretty cool.

Ok that makes sense. After it would only partially charge I went on a drive and the generator kicked in. It eventually shut off and seems to be taking back to a full charge now. But it has been plugged in almost all day and it is still blinking. The gauge shows full. Maybe there is an incompatibility with my charger. How many miles range do you normally get on yours with a full charge?

Finally did an all electric drive. Up until this point I was just driving around with the generator kicking on and off at the 20% threshold. It was pretty cool, however i got less than 20 miles on before it depleted back down to 20%. When I unplugged it the light was still blinking, but the gauge showed full. It was charging all night on a level 2 charger. The next day I charged it again, and the light showed solid green (full) after only a few hours of charging. When I checked the gauge it was only 2/3rd full. Something is a little off. I suspect the truck sitting for 5 years did not help anything.

I have the Distribution box and HCU out of the Van if you would like them to test. I am not sure if the programming is the same for the van and truck. Send me a PM if interested.

Thank you for the reply, you are from my research the most active owner of these trucks. I really appreciate what you do for the community. Before posting I did apply 12v to each ATF pump and they both spun up without issue so I was able to rule them out. I did have success this evening with the truck. The vacuum pump was still not firing up, even though it tested good on the bench. I went over the VIA fuse box one last time and found fuse F35 to be blown. When the original vac pump died it must have blown it. I replaced this fuse and it was like magic. The vac pump fired up, the error light on the dash went away, and everything stayed well within operating temp (just at the first green mark on the dash). I took the truck on a significantly longer drive than I have ever had before and it ran flawlessly. Funny how something so little can cause so much issue.

I recently purchased a 2014 VTRUX Silverado and Express as a package deal. These are very interesting vehicles and this thread has been very helpful to me - Thank you everyone! My truck is not white, which appears to be somewhat rare. It is a LT Z71. When purchased, both vehicles were inoperable. The van was complete, but had a fault in the battery pack. It may be the contactor, may be a dead cell. I am not very concerned as I plan to convert the Van back to gas. The truck was incomplete. It appears the bidirectional charger was stolen and the MSD was missing. I took these parts off the van and got the truck driving, albeit with issues. The vaccum pump was dead and the electronics coolant pump was full of dexcool sludge. I replaced both of those as well. The truck is still having issues. If I drive it 5-10 miles the system temperature on the dash goes into the red, the engine revs to redline and the truck loses power. I read this could be due to a dead generator ATF pump, but it appears to be working, I can hear it running. There is also the exclamation mark light on the dash. I think at this point I will try to reach out to VIA to try and do diagnostics on the EV side. I see in this thread they have lent out their proprietary tool before. I am happy I brought it back to life, but it is not yet something that can drive farther than the neighborhood.