Just started all of a sudden. Close the door have someone in the car, pull fuses one at a time after each fuse check meter, when you pull the fuse for the bad curcuit, the meter will drop to 1 volt or so. We could of been killed with no 4 wheel drive in the mountains after a huge storm. Anything else I can look for? I see there was a class action lawsuit on this, but I am 3,000 miles over the 80,000 required to get a replacement gauge cluster. So if your vehicle starts and runs and then dies you may have a bad alternator. When the cause of the excessive current drain has been located and repaired, remove the J 38758. If there is a light that illuminates the engine compartment when the hood is up, lower the hood until the light goes out or remove the bulb if necessry.
Stabilitrack and traction control lights flash. They send a signal to your on star even if it isnt the updated digital version. When I tried to replace the battery, the positive terminal sparked which could have casued a fire. I had a similar problem that I was able to trace down using a method I devised. I left going to auto zone and had the battery tested, he the salesman , stated that it showed the battery was good.
I travel and I really need a car. Gil in Tex I have two possible solutions for you. Battery did not need to be disconnected this time. If it does have the case draw, it's basically like having a big resistor across the terminals all the time, which doesn't show up when doing the standard parasitic draw test. The source of that figure was an article written by someone named Larry Hammer, and can be found at this website:. I wish it would just flat break so we could find the issue. Once you find the fuse that causes the amperage draw to go away, you at least know what circuit the draw is coming from.
Tracking Down the Source of a Parasitic Load If the battery in a vehicle becomes discharged in a shorter time than described earlier, the vehicle may have an out-of-specification parasitic load. The battery is a side mount, delco, consumer has number 1-351183480 off of battery. Battery light is flashing, replaced battery, replaced serpentine belt, had alternator load tested and it was fine, replaced terminals on the battery cause the others were corroded pretty bad and after all that the car still wont register over 12 volts and the light is still blinking. Or an electronic component may malfunction and cause a parasitic drain that is larger than normal specification. This is where it got weird for me.
But, in long-term parking situations, parasitic drains may discharge the battery enough to cause a no-start condition. You have to take apart the alternator to change the regulator. You can always disconnect the battery when you park it over night and see if the battery has keep it's charge. We suspected touchy sensors but I suppose that could be the source of the issue. Who told you this Alternator passed? Im not looking for smart ass answers For those who would like to help: The light is not flashing, it is on solid. I also had them check the alternator and it came back good.
The message center never came on to show that the battery was weak. Gm needs to step up to the plate. Dealer could find nothing wrong after three hours of inspections, even though the battery drained. I think this is a good poor-man's way to assure oneself that such a problem is fixed. If something happens I will hold gm responsible for not taking action. Loud noise would not go away until I disconnected the battery from the car.
I had the battery tested 3 times by 2 different stores once off the vehicle and twice on , and the alternator tested 3 times by 3 different stores once on the vehicle and twice off. For this test, a professional-grade voltmeter must be used. Thanks in advance i checked everything i could, i even hooked up a fluke meter and started pulling fuses and got nowhere. You may have to have either your local auto shop or local dealer replace the switch because it's hard to do yourself. On more modern vehicles, any number of systems are awakened by the driver merely approaching his vehicle with his vehicle identification fob in his pocket.
Tahoe will not start, I jump it all the time for it to turn over. . Disconnect the battery negative cable from the battery negative terminal. Remove the fused jumper wire. I like my Tahoe and don't want to get a new one so I would love to get this one fixed and hopefully it will not cost a arm and a leg. Both were delco battery with a 6 year warranty.