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I've been lurking the forums for the last 2 weeks, trying to find those with a similar issue and still wondering what could be wrong.
To start: it had been cold here in the Northeast for a couple of weeks, around 10-15F. My Jeep wasn't always starting via remote (batteries were brand new), you'd see one flash of the lights and then just a click but no start. Went through the normal things like doors not shut, etc but to no resolve. Starting inside the vehicle with the push start would typically yield a start no problems, although a couple of times it was just dead, not turning over at all but all lights on per normal. Jumped back to life and was fine. Battery voltage was registering at 14.1V minimum, usually hanging out around 14.5+ on the dash. From a cold start, voltage still showing fine and even testing with a volt meter was showing proper voltage. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I had Autozone test the main battery, also perfectly fine. Ok, moving on.
I kept finding articles pointing to the dreaded aux battery. I should say my auto start / stop has worked twice in the past year at very random times, otherwise from the dealership (not new) it always said "not ready" so I assumed the last owner turned that off some way (still has fuse and both neg's to main battery) - fine with me, I don't care for it. One random rainy day it decided to shut off at a red light and didn't know why then. Regardless... I went ahead and replaced in the AUX battery, which upon removal was testing OK, not the highest of voltage but still not low enough to feel like it was an actual issue.
And here we are: it got cold again today, low teens overnight. Remote start no go and a bit of a slow turnover from the push start inside but it was fine from there, driving around and stopping a few places today. Voltage still normal. So now this leads me to wonder if I may be dealing with a bad starter? Sitting at just over 70k miles and I replaced the aux for nothing.
To start: it had been cold here in the Northeast for a couple of weeks, around 10-15F. My Jeep wasn't always starting via remote (batteries were brand new), you'd see one flash of the lights and then just a click but no start. Went through the normal things like doors not shut, etc but to no resolve. Starting inside the vehicle with the push start would typically yield a start no problems, although a couple of times it was just dead, not turning over at all but all lights on per normal. Jumped back to life and was fine. Battery voltage was registering at 14.1V minimum, usually hanging out around 14.5+ on the dash. From a cold start, voltage still showing fine and even testing with a volt meter was showing proper voltage. To make sure I wasn't crazy, I had Autozone test the main battery, also perfectly fine. Ok, moving on.
I kept finding articles pointing to the dreaded aux battery. I should say my auto start / stop has worked twice in the past year at very random times, otherwise from the dealership (not new) it always said "not ready" so I assumed the last owner turned that off some way (still has fuse and both neg's to main battery) - fine with me, I don't care for it. One random rainy day it decided to shut off at a red light and didn't know why then. Regardless... I went ahead and replaced in the AUX battery, which upon removal was testing OK, not the highest of voltage but still not low enough to feel like it was an actual issue.
And here we are: it got cold again today, low teens overnight. Remote start no go and a bit of a slow turnover from the push start inside but it was fine from there, driving around and stopping a few places today. Voltage still normal. So now this leads me to wonder if I may be dealing with a bad starter? Sitting at just over 70k miles and I replaced the aux for nothing.
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