Battery problem

[Erik the Awful]

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[Schurkey]

Is that a video you found on Youtube, or is that a video you made?

 

[Erik the Awful]

I made that video a couple years ago, after a weekend of having to teach young mechanics battery basics.

 

[KamenRider_1500]

theres a few common trouble spots for killing a battery. first is the glove box light. is it going off when the door is closed? the glove boxes kind of comes apart and then the pin does not line up correctly and it doesn't shut off. screw it all back together and it should work again or, remove the bulb.

the vanity lights on the sunvisors. they have lights on either side of the mirror. you might notice the drivers side on if you look up at night or forget the visor down and see it at night... but you probably will never look at the passanger side mirror almost ever. maybe a passanger will but not you. those lights might be on all the time. realigne the mirror covers so the pin makes contact with the cover and they should go off.

another is the underhood light, if it is not bent just right then it will be on all the time. it's a mercury filled switch that makes contact when the hood is lifted and turns off when the hood is closed. if this light is on, carefully bend the bracket so it turns off.

I have seen all of these things happen more than once on more than one of these trucks including all 3 at once. if all 3 problem areas are on all the time, it will kill the battery in 24 hours if the truck isn't started.

I also swapped all of the interior bulbs to LEDS after my kids left a bulb on in the back.

Yeah I checked all three light sources, they all seem to be working perfectly and turn off properly. Sometimes I feel like it’s the clock that kills the battery so I usually leave the ignition keyhole on the second click so it turns off. Maybe that’s what kills it a lot faster?

 

[KamenRider_1500]

Also make sure your terminals aren’t corroded.

It could be the terminals for all we know and I have no clue how to get those taken care of.

 

[thegawd]

turn your ignition off or you will kill your ignition coil.... yup this might be whats killing the battery.

 

[thegawd]

You have to watch Erik's video he posted above.... he explains battery basics and talks about cleaning the battery terminals.

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[KamenRider_1500]

turn your ignition off or you will kill your ignition coil.... yup this might be whats killing the battery.

Now that I think about it, that’s probably it. Man I’m so stupid QwQ

 

[thegawd]

ya no worries. live and learn.

Hell I almost plugged a transmission breather line with a bolt and a gear clamp many years ago. somewhere around 2014 I think. eventually I signed up to a forum and posted that as my first ever question asking what this random hose is for and was told.....

yup that would have probably killed the transmission fairly quickly as the hot air would be trapped inside with no where to escape.

Yeah I know a lot more about these trucks since back then. boy did I ever feel like a dumbass as this was my second Suburban and my second transmission remove and replace....

yeah... live and learn.

 

[HeavyAsAChevy]

ya no worries. live and learn.

Hell I almost plugged a transmission breather line with a bolt and a gear clamp many years ago. somewhere around 2014 I think. eventually I signed up to a forum and posted that as my first ever question asking what this random hose is for and was told.....

yup that would have probably killed the transmission fairly quickly as the hot air would be trapped inside with no where to escape.

Yeah I know a lot more about these trucks since back then. boy did I ever feel like a dumbass as this was my second Suburban and my second transmission remove and replace....

yeah... live and learn.

Can’t laugh too much though, it’s a miracle I haven’t destroyed something on mine lolol