THRobinson
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2018
- Posts
- 167
- Reaction score
- 11
- Location
- Zurich, ON (Canada)
- Ram Year
- 2003
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7l
Had numerous weird issues on the truck starting just before Covid, and finally sorted it out as being grounding issues. Bought one of those grounding kits off Amazon because cheaper than making my own grounding by the time I bought wire, eyelets, etc..
Since then, start issues went away, throttle body errors gone, red lightning bolt error gone, etc.
1 of the cables I ran from the alternator to the + on the battery, leaving the original cable connected as well.
Did this 8-10 months ago.
Past few weeks I had a few start issues where it just wouldn't start the first few tries then starts fine. Once it died at the drive through getting a coffee and took 5 tries to start again. Total of 4x this has happened. Last 2x I noticed that the "check gauge" light came on and the battery gauge was sitting at 0, then after 2-3 seconds, error gone and the gauge pops back to it's regular position, an 1/8" past the middle.
Battery only 2yrs old at most. Truck rarely gets driven. Finally fixed all the brakes and grounding only to have a manifold rot issue and burning oil. Almost at 400,000km (250k miles) so it's had a good life. Hoping to make it last a while longer though.
Ideas? Thoughts?
Since then, start issues went away, throttle body errors gone, red lightning bolt error gone, etc.
1 of the cables I ran from the alternator to the + on the battery, leaving the original cable connected as well.
Did this 8-10 months ago.
Past few weeks I had a few start issues where it just wouldn't start the first few tries then starts fine. Once it died at the drive through getting a coffee and took 5 tries to start again. Total of 4x this has happened. Last 2x I noticed that the "check gauge" light came on and the battery gauge was sitting at 0, then after 2-3 seconds, error gone and the gauge pops back to it's regular position, an 1/8" past the middle.
Battery only 2yrs old at most. Truck rarely gets driven. Finally fixed all the brakes and grounding only to have a manifold rot issue and burning oil. Almost at 400,000km (250k miles) so it's had a good life. Hoping to make it last a while longer though.
Ideas? Thoughts?