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New to me Truck = new problems
Irish_Alley:
talked to the guy more and he said it all started with a dead battery one day. he changed it and a few days later it was dead again. this led to an ecm change and a shade tree mechanic working on it. it was at least running at this time but still wasnt fixed. they changed the bcm and it still didnt fix anything.
i did ask if any sensors were replaced and he said none were.
it does have an after market radio that doesnt work. when the truck does screw up he has to do the 15 min key relearn 3x.
and it also it has a draw on the battery that will kill it in a few days.
bd:
Hello Timmy. Welcome back. You've experienced quite the whirlwind! Life has a way of dropping marbles on your sidewalk. Watch your step!
Measure the draw with an ammeter. If it's greater than ~0.075 ampere, pop the fuses out one by one until the draw drops below the 75 milliamps threshold. That should help identify the offending circuit. Due to the onboard microprocessors the draw will never be eliminated.
VileZambonie:
Remove the aftermarket radio and eliminate it from the equation.
Irish_Alley:
thanks buddy. i kept telling myself and others that my accident could be a lot worse and at least im able to feel pain. the worst part is the guy was driving his personal vehicle for his boss and his boss is a local that everyone knows. we were able get some info from mutual friends. but i guess it got back to him and next thing you know everyone stopped talking and the term "people are just sue happy" came up. im lucky years ago my mother in law had my wife on start farm insurance and thats who we kept along with their policy. we're going to end up going after my insurance policy to make up for lost wages and all that crap because the guy had such a crappy insurance policy. it wont be much in the end after getting a lawyer and paying off bills that have piled up. in the meantime his boss is just sitting fat still making money but i kind of hope karma comes around for him, not just for me but the other guy's family and his passenger. but anyway
got tags for the truck and brought it home, radio is dead and the fuse is good. unless they jumped something else but the truck doesnt look like its been messed with too much. the airbag light is on and for some reason i cant find my good scanner only my cheapo one that i lend out, so i can only read live data and engine codes. didnt get around to testing the draw on anything yet.
but i think it did act up and go into the "no start". it died within seconds of being restarted after getting home and tried to start it again and it did it died again. turned the key to "off" and pulled it out a little and tried again and it started right up. it did this a while later and after the first time i took the key out again and it started right up.
Irish_Alley:
BD and Vile, Vile didt see your post till now, but i removed the old radio and installed mine from my impala. everything worked "ok" except for the sound only playing on half the speakers and the radio doesnt turn off when any door is opened. this could be explain the battery drain, the dash does turn off on its own after a few seconds regardless of door position but if the radio is still on im sure the factory amp is still on.
Edit: also the dome lights dont come on either. if im not mistaking the radio should auto turn off after 15 minutes to save the battery so im going to have to see if that happens. and the power door lock doesnt work unless the key is on, the both key FOBs dont work either but that could be a transmitter problem with the batteries
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