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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 11:54 AM
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FICM issue or ???

I haven't driven the truck is several weeks. I went out to start it yesterday and my alarm on the CTS started going off. the FICM voltage was dropping. I shut it down and watched everything on the next start. Key on and voltage was 48vdc, started and the volts steadily dropped about 1vdc a second until it stabilized at about 37-38vdc.
Another anomaly, my trucks factory tach was reading very low, about 300rpm at idle. The truck was not running at this speed.
Never had either problem like these before. Thoughts??
 
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Dead batteries, which might have taken out the FICM

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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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Dead batteries, which might have taken out the FICM

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I got the battery charger on it right now. I am going to get it completely charged back up before getting all worked up.
 
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Not sure if the FICM starts showing less than 45 if it ever rebounds.

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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 03:09 PM
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Not sure if the FICM starts showing less than 45 if it ever rebounds.

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That is some distressing news. If its done, who is most guys going with for repair? FICMrepair.com?
 
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Well... Charging the batteries is a start.

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