What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Struggling Starting. Truck is shy 3 months from 3 years ownership, and 41,000 miles. Anyone else have battery issues? I trickle charged last night for about 8 hours which didn't seem to help, much.

Does my positive post just need a good cleaning? Should I get the battery tested--and where can I get a good battery?

I feel like if it is tested, my battery will be drained to the point of no return.



https://youtu.be/g9e8Vm-TEhE

TIA.

 

Definitely wouldn't hurt.

 

All that corrosion around the terminals isn’t helping the situation.

 

My tailgate locks with the remote. So they can't pull the handle. It doesn't unlatch when locked

 

If you have a multimeter handy, try this:

How to Test a Car Battery with a Multimeter

1. Turn the headlights on for two minutes to get rid of any surface charge the battery may have.
2. Set the multimeter to 15-20 volts.
3. Turn the lights off.
4. Connect the multimeter to the positive and negative battery terminals.
5. If you don’t have a voltage of around 12.6 volts, you may have a bad battery.
6. Now start the car and look for a revised voltage over 10.
7. If your voltage drops below 5 when the car is running, it is bad and should be replaced right away.

 

I'll give it a cleaning today.

 

I got one. Two minutes with lights on may take it to the grave.....

I'll look into it though, will report...

Thanks.

 

My mods and changes are all very simple. 2020 Off Road. Removed the badging from the rear QPs, added a blackout package, LEDs for the interior, pedal commander (big difference), front driver sear risers (big difference), upgraded all 6 speakers (big difference), bed mat, and front floor mats. Also added a dashcam.

 

Its Lunar Rock. Although the cement was my second choice.

She is a good friend. We've been friends for more than 20 years. I didn't even get mad when she stripped this screw. LOL with a little ingenuity, she got it.

 

Screws aren't what they used to be anyway. I'm starting to sound like my dad!

 

Factory batteries may average 3 years. Many less than that, very few more than that. I only got about 2 years out of my factory battery. It sounds like you got good life out of yours. I would look at it as an opportunity to upgrade.

 

I couldn't believe how easily it stripped. As I watched, it looked like the screw was made of soft aluminum.

 

Agree, the factory battery is trash, If cleaning the posts don't help you should probably just grab a new one

 

Bump. Wash that truck, yet?

 

Taco4cheaps superwhite grille letter overlays. Vleds resistors in the tail lights for hyper flashing in reverse with signal on. Also tacomods aluminum knobs

 

Good work!

 

What is a good upgrade? If you give me a name I'll do a little gooGGle search of shops nearby me. Thanks.

 

I don't leave the lights on for 2 minutes when doing this test. It's only to eliminate residual surface charge when testing the battery if the car is off. The real indicator will be how low the voltage dips while you're starting the car. The tricky part about that is seeing the multimeter while starting the car if you don't have a second person to help you. I usually just set up the multimeter to where I can see it through the gap between the bottom of the hood and the cowling when the hood is open.

If that voltage dips below 10 when cranking the engine it's at the end of its life.

 

I read you, and I got a helper. Thanks.

 

Optima Yellow or Red top?