Car was dead? I have not been really driving the car much if at all. Anyway last week pulled her out washed her and let it run for awhile as I know I have not been driving her much. Now this week I got in her and even ran her little as I added Music files, wife complained about the smell and yes the garage door was open. Anyway shut her down and keep down loading files. I looked at the battery it was 11.7 when I was done. She sat for 3 days and i felt like pulling her out to day and she was dead!! I mean DEAD! Nothing from the battery nothing. On a side note I also learned that if the battery is dead you can't more her our of park to N to push the car.
there is a bypass button to allow one to put the car into neutral.. pop the recessed small storage bin adjacent to the shifter
Factory battery? When they go, there is really no warning. Most have had terrible luck with the OEM battery and have had to replace them within 2 -3 years. I lucked out and had to replace mine last month (4 years). I go a pretty good battery from O'Reilly's for a very reasonable price.
If you are going to let the car sit for long periods then get a battery tender...the battery will last 3+ times longer.... http://www.batterytender.com/ ..
:stupid: The Junior is the one you want. Even better is the Waterproof 800. It's basically a block of epoxy so it's waterproof and damned near indestructible. [edit] Oh wait! I haven't seen this one before... haha http://batterytender.com/automotive/battery-tender-twin-800-usa-and-western-hemisphere.html For batteries the Diehard Platinum P-2 is hard to beat.
Hi Claude, YOU know I don't drive mine much because of inclement weather and I'm always wondering every time I got out to take 'er for a spin IF it will start. My 06 SRT has almost 8,200 miles on it NOW! And YOU seen it when we were at the meet & greet with you in Delaware last spring.
Another score for taking the annoying shift interlock out and chuckin it. Thats what I did when mine broke. I have a 4/06 build with factory battery... and was a lil concerned on my holiday roadtrip where the car sat for 5 days in <30F weather. I didn't think she'd fire... she did... but I'm expecting the same thing anyday now. Does that actually work? But 3 days? I'd have to guess the battery was on its way out anyway... the tender would only be a bandaid at this point.
or 2 or 3 MONTHS lol.... I went through 2 factory batteries and now am running a real one lol I went with the fancified ones from Sears that are sooper good.
Wrong one for a dead battery. yes... but see below. It will work in the case of dead/disconnected battery but not when the brake lockout fails (pink thingie). There are actually 2, independent, shift lockout mechanisms. The first lockout is electrical/mechanical and involves the key. You cannot move the shifter out of park unless the key is in the on position. After that, you cannot remove the key unless the shifter is in the park position. There is an electrical solenoid in the shifter assembly that moves a lock in and out of place. Naturally, the unpowered position has the lock in place. There is a similar mechanism in the ignition switch. On the shifter assembly there is a manual override (accessed through the side of the bin next to the shifter) so that if you lose electrical power you can still depress the brake and move the shifter out of Park. (unfortunately this compromises some security as well). The second lockout is entirely mechanical (cable) and prevents the shifter from moving out of park unless the brake pedal is depressed. This is the one that's prone to failure, leaving you stuck in Park. There is a cylinder with tabs on it. There is a cable attached to an ear on one side and a spring attached to an ear on the other side (the spring attachment is the point of failure). When the brake pedal is up the cable is taught and rotates the cylinder against the spring into the locked position. When you depress the brake pedal the cable goes slack and the spring rotates the cylinder into the unlocked position. If the sping breaks off there is nothing to rotate the cylinder into the unlocked position when the cable goes slack.
^^^ Dave, do you wear a cape? When i read what you write, i see you standing on a mountain top, fists on your hips, chest poking out and a cape flapping in the breeze...and a deep voice in the background saying... Never fear, Sooooopa Dave is near...dun-da-daaah!
Well the battery is not dead its just old lol. I figure that 4 years I had the car plus however long it was sitting before it got in the car is good for a factory battery. When driving its at 14 to 14.6 area. when you shut done and have the radio on low for 5 mins it gets to 11.7 fast lol. And I am sure the 1 to 2 weeks the car sits does not help much. Anyway I don't want to be somewhere come out and she is dead so its that time to change her. I don't really want to spend over 100 on a car battery so I think the auto zone Titianum is the way to go.
I don't have ANY interlock functioning... I don't need a key or the brake pedal to shift. I'm still not sure how chucking the BT piece eliminates both the electrical and mechanical of it, but I really like it.
