Battery burp

martinto · March 1, 2019

Spent a few days near Daytona. Gave my Grandson a ride along in a NASCAR at the Speedway...great time. Lots of driving around the area over the weekend. Monday morning ready to head back home in South Carolina...battery completely dead. No lights on dash no clicking started...nothing. Nothing left on overnight, as I always check. Got a jump and confirmed nothing was running on the battery.

Noticed on the gauge display a wheel turning next to the term "CAL" which I assume meant calibrating; a message said to roll down window and roll back up. Did that and the calibration was complete. I went to a local service center to check battery. I did keep truck running waiting for service bay to open. Was ready to buy a new battery. Battery check at 13.3 vs normal 12.5? Drove home no problem, drove all this week no problem. Anyone have such an experience with battery?

Darmichar · March 1, 2019

18 minutes ago, martinto said:

Spent a few days near Daytona. Gave my Grandson a ride along in a NASCAR at the Speedway...great time. Lots of driving around the area over the weekend. Monday morning ready to head back home in South Carolina...battery completely dead. No lights on dash no clicking started...nothing. Nothing left on overnight, as I always check. Got a jump and confirmed nothing was running on the battery.

Noticed on the gauge display a wheel turning next to the term "CAL" which I assume meant calibrating; a message said to roll down window and roll back up. Did that and the calibration was complete. I went to a local service center to check battery. I did keep truck running waiting for service bay to open. Was ready to buy a new battery. Battery check at 13.3 vs normal 12.5? Drove home no problem, drove all this week no problem. Anyone have such an experience with battery?

I did this past winter. Drove my 2018 down to Florida for a week's vacation over Christmas. About 3 days in we get in the truck to go and I get a notice on the DIC that the battery is abnormally low (forget what the warning was). Truck started, never happened again, chalked it up to a one off deal.

ammoaddict · March 1, 2019

Spent a few days near Daytona. Gave my Grandson a ride along in a NASCAR at the Speedway...great time. Lots of driving around the area over the weekend. Monday morning ready to head back home in South Carolina...battery completely dead. No lights on dash no clicking started...nothing. Nothing left on overnight, as I always check. Got a jump and confirmed nothing was running on the battery.

Noticed on the gauge display a wheel turning next to the term "CAL" which I assume meant calibrating; a message said to roll down window and roll back up. Did that and the calibration was complete. I went to a local service center to check battery. I did keep truck running waiting for service bay to open. Was ready to buy a new battery. Battery check at 13.3 vs normal 12.5? Drove home no problem, drove all this week no problem. Anyone have such an experience with battery?

How old is the battery?

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damnthetorpedoes · March 1, 2019

Happened once on my previous Yukon. I assumed that a relay got stuck as it never happened again.

martinto · March 2, 2019

Battery is original, spring 2016. Well maintained. Sierra has 25000 miles. Should not be a issue with the battery.

ammoaddict · March 2, 2019

Battery is original, spring 2016. Well maintained. Sierra has 25000 miles. Should not be a issue with the battery.

I agree. My wife bought a Ford fusion in 08, 07 model, had to replace original battery in three years. No matter what brand of battery I bought, it would only last 3-4 years in that car.

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Eddie 70 · March 2, 2019

1 hour ago, ammoaddict said:

I agree. My wife bought a Ford fusion in 08, 07 model, had to replace original battery in three years. No matter what brand of battery I bought, it would only last 3-4 years in that car.

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Engineered failure is what that is called. I asked my dealer about a replacement battery because I thought mine was getting weak. He asked how old the battery was. At the time, I had only had the truck about 3 years. He just flat out said it is about time for it to die.

ammoaddict · March 2, 2019

Engineered failure is what that is called. I asked my dealer about a replacement battery because I thought mine was getting weak. He asked how old the battery was. At the time, I had only had the truck about 3 years. He just flat out said it is about time for it to die.

I had an old Toyota truck that I have had batteries last for 7 years. I bought an 02 f150 in 2010 that had an interstate Megatron battery in it. I don't know how long it had been in there but it lasted until 2016.

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