2007 Silverado Dead Battery

yg4er · April 10, 2008

I have a 2007 Silverado, that has all the accessaries. It was purchased in Oct. The battery goes dead once a month. The dealer has charged the battery once and replaced it twice. On star had to send someone out to jump start twice, since the last battery replacement. Anyone have an ideas, GM and Dealer can't find anything wrong, but batteries.

markw8 · April 10, 2008

Find a dealer who cares. They need to troubleshoot the electrical system, not just throw parts at it. Mark.

jfm1982 · April 11, 2008

I have a 2007 Silverado, that has all the accessaries. It was purchased in Oct. The battery goes dead once a month. The dealer has charged the battery once and replaced it twice. On star had to send someone out to jump start twice, since the last battery replacement. Anyone have an ideas, GM and Dealer can't find anything wrong, but batteries.

I have the same problem as you. They put the full pump relay on the same relay as the fog light. I dont get it. Its been like this for about 3-4 weeks. No problem so far. Watch this tomorrow AM my truck will be dead

yg4er · April 11, 2008

It has been to two dealers, one in WV and one in FL. Never find anything but battery. Of course, if battery is dead, whatever the problem is, will no longer be on.

Find a dealer who cares. They need to troubleshoot the electrical system, not just throw parts at it. Mark.

sam5828 · April 11, 2008

i went thru the same thing on our 07 was at the dealer like 6 times finally they replaced the battery, but it was with a bad one so they put another in and it seems like it is working so far. the batt. was showing good but it was also showing that it needed charged more. but for now it works.

it really only did it when it was cold out too

cammiller · April 11, 2008

Do you park in a garage? Does it seem to happen when you are not parked at home? Do you leave a cell phone charger or something like that plugged in? Any and all details may help lead to a possible cause. Also post your vin.

papastoy · April 11, 2008

My 07 Buick Lucerne did it about 3 weeks ago. There are I believe 2 TSB's out - 1 for the BCM (Body Control Module) grounds and 1 for BCM re-flash. I believe the trucks have the same problem. I asked the service advisor to have the tech check it(TSB's) but the paperwork didn't show it was checked. I'd have them check that posibility out.

yg4er · April 13, 2008

No it is not parked in a garage. It doesn't matter if it is at home or out. It had to be jumped at the end of a work day. Nothing is plugged in. We made sure of that after the first tow in. Nothing out of the ordinary the first three times that it was towed in. The last two times that on star had to send someone out. The vehicle had set for two days. My son started it and ran it for about 5 minutes, shut it off. The day morning it would not start, it did take a jump those two times. The first three times it would not even take a jump. It is frustrating, because GM is not helping with the problem. It's like they get their money for the vehicle, then they are done. They say well have it towed in next time it happens. I am not comfortable putting the vin number on a site. I'm not sure what that would help. But, I will take any suggestions, short of trading.

Do you park in a garage? Does it seem to happen when you are not parked at home? Do you leave a cell phone charger or something like that plugged in? Any and all details may help lead to a possible cause. Also post your vin.

cammiller · April 13, 2008

If you give me your vin. I can run it throught system and see if there are any bulletins regarding this complaint. If you are not comfortable posting it, then email it to me at [email protected] and I will look into it.

yg4er · April 15, 2008

Thank you, you should have the information by email.

If you give me your vin. I can run it throught system and see if there are any bulletins regarding this complaint. If you are not comfortable posting it, then email it to me at [email protected] and I will look into it.

yg4er · April 27, 2008

Well,

Here we are another month or 4 weeks. The thing was towed in again today. The last time it was driven was on Thursday. Nothing plugged in, go out today and it will not start.

Called Dealer and GM, they can't help with rental car until Monday. The warranty is what helped sell us on this vehicle. But, according to GM, only service can authorize a rental vehicle. Good thing we were not 2000 miles away from home. Without vehicle again. Glad that we paid $39,000 for this vehicle. What ever happened to customer service?

Do you think they will be able to find anything wrong this time. NOPE, just the battary. Should know for sure on Monday.

Anyone have any ideas, GM seems to have decided that they have their money, forget the customer.

Thank you, you should have the information by email.

If you give me your vin. I can run it throught system and see if there are any bulletins regarding this complaint. If you are not comfortable posting it, then email it to me at [email protected] and I will look into it.

sam5828 · April 27, 2008

Well,
Here we are another month or 4 weeks. The thing was towed in again today. The last time it was driven was on Thursday. Nothing plugged in, go out today and it will not start.

Called Dealer and GM, they can't help with rental car until Monday. The warranty is what helped sell us on this vehicle. But, according to GM, only service can authorize a rental vehicle. Good thing we were not 2000 miles away from home. Without vehicle again. Glad that we paid $39,000 for this vehicle. What ever happened to customer service?

Do you think they will be able to find anything wrong this time. NOPE, just the battary. Should know for sure on Monday.

Anyone have any ideas, GM seems to have decided that they have their money, forget the customer.

Thank you, you should have the information by email.

If you give me your vin. I can run it throught system and see if there are any bulletins regarding this complaint. If you are not comfortable posting it, then email it to me at [email protected] and I will look into it.

well ours was in for the same reason about 6 x did they change the battery? we had 2 bad ones, i finally left the truck there for i think 5 days the last time and they swapped batteries and it seems to be ok now. don't really drive it much but i start it every cpl weeks and it starts.

shawnb123 · April 29, 2008

don't really drive it much but i start it every cpl weeks and it starts.

You should feel lucky man. I drive my 2007 Silverado just about every day and I have had to have it jumped twice since the first of March. The dealer told me to turn my fuzz buster off at night. What a joke, since the fuzz buster pulls hardley anything. Last weekend, I had the radio on while I was working on my trailer. The idiot lights on the dash wouldn't even come on. I wonder if there is a relay that goes off when the voltage drops under a specific voltage. Once it has been jumped, it seems to start just fine after that. I was thinking that maybe the battery wasn't big enough to handle everything, since I have a couple of electric/hydrolic lifts in the back to load my scooter. I'm beginning to think there is a serious problem with it. I have run accross a couple of other people who are having the same problem here @ GM-Trucks.com.

yg4er · April 29, 2008

Our 07 is still in the shop. I think they are finally puzzled as to what is going on. We are still waiting to hear something. We have been without it this time, since Saturday. As soon as they tell us something I will post. Maybe it will help others in the same situation.

dbrakeman · March 7, 2013

There's a lot of parasytic drain to these new trucks. That's part of the convenience of on-star, headlight run-on. etc. I found setting up a dual battery system (you have the extar tray already) using the battery back up system from atct-guardiansys.com was the easiest most economical way to eliminate the dead battery syndrome. It took me an hour to install mostly because I was fussing and wanted to look cool. The system provides everything to safely and effectively install a second battery and never worry. You can run all your accessories off it and never worry about the starting battery. I have 2 years on mine and no more problems.

Dbrakeman