So I couldn't get it to do anything when I hooked up my jump box to it but the one I have is a small one. I put the charger back on the battery and all I am getting is 3 bars after several minutes. Last night this thing was fully charged. Could this be the battery?I've got a tester from Amazon a while ago and it's proven to be more accurate than Autozone one - useful thing to have. No jump starter to eliminate battery as a source ?
Assuming charger is working correctly - yes, very much so.So I couldn't get it to do anything when I hooked up my jump box to it but the one I have is a small one. I put the charger back on the battery and all I am getting is 3 bars after several minutes. Last night this thing was fully charged. Could this be the battery?
Autozone tested it twice for me and it came back good and fully charged both times. I appreciate the advise and will try this in the morning. My work vehicle has a small battery and it's damn near brand new so that will be a good one to use.Another idea - got another car with similarly sized battery (not physically, CCA-wise) ? Or just another car and cables ? I would connect a different battery from another vehicle and see if it starts (doesn't have to be fully installed).
I went through an ordeal with a truck, 3.5ish year old Ford AGM battery ended up being basically dead. Autozone tester would say it needs to be charged so test can be meaningful (I was charging it), my $40 tester from Amazon show "replace". I did some more work trying to figure out if there is parasitic draw somewhere, figured not and replaced battery. Works fine ever since.
Autozone tested it twice for me and it came back good and fully charged both times. I appreciate the advise and will try this in the morning. My work vehicle has a small battery and it's damn near brand new so that will be a good one to use.
I'm having a totally different issue I think. I have juice, it just doesn't recognize the key fob. I am hoping to get some sort of resolution today because as you can see from my timing, I am losing sleep over this ordeal. In fact, I have been losing sleep for a month now dealing with this company.Rated R Cars had a video about his dead battery experience. Any of this look familiar?
I'm having a totally different issue I think. I have juice, it just doesn't recognize the key fob. I am hoping to get some sort of resolution today because as you can see from my timing, I am losing sleep over this ordeal. In fact, I have been losing sleep for a month now dealing with this company.
Yes and I appreciate all of the advice you all are providing.Sorry to hear it's not something easy like a battery. Hopefully your locksmith gets you back on the road.
Part of the "fun" of troubleshooting is eliminating the possible causes to find the actual culprit. It can be time consuming and stress inducing, but one upside to doing it via a public forum like this: you may help the next guy that has the same issue and comes across this thread. Good luck!