Trouble starting my 2021 Ram 2500

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RWilk

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Stepped on the brake, waited for the pre-heat and pushed the start button, A very loud pop sounded above my left ear which startled me. Tried turning everything off and tried again with an even louder pop. I don't see any obvious warning lights or codes. Any body else experience this?
 

Units

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Maybe the ANC for the truck. My ‘22 did that every time I powered on my truck, very annoying.
 
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RWilk

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Well after looking it up on Chat GPT I went out and spent $800 on two new AGM batteries. I guess I should have checked how old the batteries were, because that was the problem, not enough juice to start the rig, but certainly made a loud pop through the entertainment system. Managed to not lose any systeme settings and it starts and runs well at this point. Glad I didn't blow anything up.
 

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