James Graham
Junior Member
2009 1500 TRX with a 4.7 L Flex fuel engine. The wife came home yesterday and said that she couldn't get the key fob out.
I start checking things. Battery is good, Confirmed truck is in park, but discovered that the steering did not lock up when the truck was turned off.
I did some tests and found that there is a 1.5 amp parasitic draw on the battery even after 20 minutes of monitoring load.
I'm convinced that it is either the Wireless Ignition Module (WIM) or the totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM).
Both of these items are not cheap and I'm beginning to wonder if there is something in the steering column that is not locking up the steering and sending a conflicting signal out to the computer.
I start checking things. Battery is good, Confirmed truck is in park, but discovered that the steering did not lock up when the truck was turned off.
I did some tests and found that there is a 1.5 amp parasitic draw on the battery even after 20 minutes of monitoring load.
I'm convinced that it is either the Wireless Ignition Module (WIM) or the totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM).
Both of these items are not cheap and I'm beginning to wonder if there is something in the steering column that is not locking up the steering and sending a conflicting signal out to the computer.