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I haven't been able to do much due to my hand, but I wanted to report back and keep the thread going (hoping we'll soon figure it out). We had quite a bit of rain over the past three weeks; so, I have been keeping the truck parked facing slightly downhill. I have not had many issues but have noticed that if I leave it parked over the weekend (Sat-Sun) it has been having more issues Mondays than during the week. This has got me questioning if something as simple as low battery voltage could be causing some of these issues. My wife's alternator went out a few months ago (Honda Odyssey) and the lack of voltage caused a very weird action from the torque converter when I went to pull it into the garage to replace the alternator and several other warning lights came on. 
I'm thinking maybe water/moisture is causing something to come on, draining the battery, and some of the other issues are due to the low voltage. Thoughts??

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Anyone still following this thread??
I haven't had any issues lately (since disconnecting the ECU connectors, lifting up the fuse box, and spraying them out with compressed air and wd40), but I would like to know if there are any additional tests or places to keep an eye on that could cause these electrical issues in case they reappear.

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Anyone still following this thread??
I haven't had any issues lately (since disconnecting the ECU connectors, lifting up the fuse box, and spraying them out with compressed air and wd40), but I would like to know if there are any additional tests or places to keep an eye on that could cause these electrical issues in case they reappear.

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