2003 Silverado electrical issues or dead battery?

[bjl]

The last 2 morning when I got in my truck the factory radio's clock said 12:00 instead of the actual time. I thought this was strange. I drove to an appointment this morning,came out an hour later, and the truck was dead, no power what so ever. I was thinking battery right away. I just replaced the battery 6 months ago, called the place I purchased it they say it maybe something else. Does this sound like a battery or something else to you?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

bjl

[txab]

Have the battery and charging system checked. Check connections at battery, should be clean and tight.

 

Batteries can crap out at any age

[smit303]

Make sure your blower fan isn't running continuously. The 03 I had did this and killed the battery. The blower resistor is the culprit.The blower continued to run even with the truck shut off.

 

Somewhat of a common problem with this truck.

[bjl]

Thanks for the input. I found one of my battery connections was a little suspect. Cleaned it, tightened it, off I went. Hopefully that was it.

 

Thanks again!

[txab]

Go ahead and have the charging system and battery checked at an auto parts place

[bjl]

Took the truck to the auto parts store and had it checked like you said. All checked fine. Although it still seems to me like something may not be quite right. Feels a little loss of power when coming to a stop, having the blower on higher than 3. I don't know might be imagining it but we will see.