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DirtyMarcus

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Back story, my truck has had the headlights start dimming occasionally and has needed to be jump started about 5 times. Once I thought it was from me leaving the radio on too long while camping, and once from the afm delete plugged in. However the afm was only plugged in overnight lIke it had been many times and the radio was only on for an hour, I've had it run much long before.

 

Fast forward to this weekend. I took two 1 hour plus trips and both times when I went to leave my truck was dead. Weird thing was the truck made it home the first day (after a jump) and then started right up the next morning but was dead again by the time I arrived at my destination.

 

Anyhow, no big deal it's either a battery or alternator, so it's currently at the dealer.

 

I call this morning to get an update and the guy says it looks like a dead cell but that there is a recall on a grounding issue and they are waiting to here from gm on how to proceed. I hadn't heard about this recall yet and was wondering if anyone else has?

Rawyzf Senior Enthusiast

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First I've heard of this, subscribed.

ladderman Enthusiast

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I didn't get a recall for this but, I had a number of weird electrical problems that turned out to be a problem with the ground. The troubles started with dimming headlights.

KLRV6 Enthusiast

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I didn't get a recall for this but, I had a number of weird electrical problems that turned out to be a problem with the ground. The troubles started with dimming headlights.

Which ground is having the issue? Is it a loose connection?

ladderman Enthusiast

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I'm not sure, there was a piece of emery left on the passenger side floor. So I'm guessing under the dash on that side. They said they cleaned up and tightened it. My truck was gone a couple of days before they figured it out with help from GM.

DirtyMarcus Enthusiast

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Interesting, they've had my truck know since Wednesday and still no update. Gonna give them a call later since I need a loaner for the weekend.

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Well I picked up my truck yesterday. They never could figure out why my battery died twice. The alternator checked out fine and so did the battery. Im thinking my Range AFM delete was not updated to the latest version and when it threw the stabilitrak and brake assist codes it kept draining the battery. Just a guess.

 

Anyhow, the recall is exactly what ladderman stated. I doubt that was the cause of my truck dying though.

 

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HondaHawkGT Senior Enthusiast

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I stopped using my Range because of this issue. Drained my battery twice and made the entire truck glitch like crazy another time. Mine would be dead after sitting for 48 hours. I purchased mine in Sept 2014.

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I stopped using my Range because of this issue. Drained my battery twice and made the entire truck glitch like crazy another time. Mine would be dead after sitting for 48 hours. I purchased mine in Sept 2014.

Did you send it in for the software update? I just sent mine in last week and got it back yesterday. I havent reinstalled it because i want to run my truck for a couple days and see if the dead battery issue comes back.

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Not sure if this will affect my 2016 or not, but sub'd anyway, thanks for the info.

It may. If you look on the picture it says GM issued a stop delivery order, which means no trucks were being shipped out until the issue was addressed.

muddkatt Senior Enthusiast

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It may. If you look on the picture it says GM issued a stop delivery order, which means no trucks were being shipped out until the issue was addressed.

 

That recall is for the seatbelt issue.

HondaHawkGT Senior Enthusiast

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Did you send it in for the software update? I just sent mine in last week and got it back yesterday. I havent reinstalled it because i want to run my truck for a couple days and see if the dead battery issue comes back.

 

Mine was supposed to be the latest version at the time (v7 I believe). Tuned now so my Range is collecting dust.

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My 2009 would drain the battery and after several attempts and after starting lemon procedure they found the door locks going to ground. The locks solenoid was made in Mexico. Fixed it.

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