Truck died!!!! Assumed electrical problem?
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Truck died!!!! Assumed electrical problem?
Hello guys.
Quick question for ya. On way to work this morning hopped in truck and shortly after takeoff radio started blinking on and off and ABS light came on. That didnt worry me too much but soon after I lost ALL gauges on dash. Needless to say truck stalled in middle of road shortly after that. I assume it was from lack of fuel pressure but didnt look at my F.P. gauge soon enough. I popped the hood and wiggled the batt terminals (which were tight) got back in and it started right up. Drove the remaining 30 miles without a hitch. Both batteries are about 1 month old. Alt. seems good (havent had it tested). Any Ideas on what could have caused this. It is an 04 F250 with SCT tuner. Thanks in advance for the help.
Quick question for ya. On way to work this morning hopped in truck and shortly after takeoff radio started blinking on and off and ABS light came on. That didnt worry me too much but soon after I lost ALL gauges on dash. Needless to say truck stalled in middle of road shortly after that. I assume it was from lack of fuel pressure but didnt look at my F.P. gauge soon enough. I popped the hood and wiggled the batt terminals (which were tight) got back in and it started right up. Drove the remaining 30 miles without a hitch. Both batteries are about 1 month old. Alt. seems good (havent had it tested). Any Ideas on what could have caused this. It is an 04 F250 with SCT tuner. Thanks in advance for the help.
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I might be wrong but I think I read some where that ABS and other stuff will start shutting down when voltage starts getting low. May want to make sure all your ground wires are clean and have good connection. Go ahead and load test batteries and also test alt.
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Thanks Blueline. I was thinking the same thing. Planning on checking into it more when I get home from work (if I make it home that is). I am almost sure it is a voltage problem the way it was acting.
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and every time you'd hit a bump, it'd throw different codes.
a day and a half to find, and changing an alternator.... it's a van,
and they aren't easy to get to much of anything on. backup lights
weren't working, everything was.. sorta like what you have going on.
sometimes i'm starting to think that the most valuable accessory
i've got for my van is premier AAA towing, you can get 200 miles
towed without extra charge.
something to check, is wiggling battery cables a few inches away from
terminals or lugs..... sometimes moisture wicks up fine stranded
cable for quite a ways, and corrodes nicely... i found a ground cable
a long time ago that had severe corrosion almost a foot away from the
terminal... using a good voltmeter that has high and low capture on it,
hook it up to each end of a cable, with one end lifted, and wiggle, tug
and snark at it and see if you can get a momentary high resistance.
that's if a quick lookie see at terminals doesn't find the problem.
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