2013 odd electric motor sound with ignition off

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smurfs_of_war

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I have been waiting for about half hour in my truck with the ignition off, and I periodically hear an electric motor kick in for a few seconds. Any ideas?

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Ya I hear it all the time. I agree that it is in fact the flex capacitor. Now if only my truck would run off of garbage.
 

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It comes the radio area.
If I remember correctly my moms tahoe does it too.
 

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Funny I just noticed mine doing it yesterday, while the wife was shoe shopping!
 

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WHEW, glad I'm not the only one to notice this. I was expecting my truck to turn into a Transformer the first time I heard it lol
 

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From what I understand the noise coming from the outside is the clutch fan (?) and the inside noise is the a/c adjusting to the feet position.
 

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When I start my 2013 I can hear the active grille shutters opening or closing.
 

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I think it's a noise coming from the radio itself, or the media hub inside the console.
 

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Its Chrysler.......they are spying on us.
 

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I have been waiting for about half hour in my truck with the ignition off, and I periodically hear an electric motor kick in for a few seconds. Any ideas?

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The Ram periodically is checking to see if you are gone yet and the coast is clear………….
 

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its gremlins.



mine did it today while i was cleaning the truck. kinda scared me at first as i thought i hit something or even worse broke something.
 

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My 14 does this as well .

I SHOT IT WITH MY P.S.E. EVO MAX !!!!
 

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It actually comes from behind the glove box if you take the glove box out and look at the area where the cabin air filter should be you will see a little hood that comes down with an electric motor to route the air to the vents. I seen this in mine when i put the air filter in my 2012 express last year and turned the key on and cycled the vent switches to test for air leaks.
 
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