BornToRunAustin
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This morning I tried to start my Jeep JLR and no response. I am just out of warranty at just over 36K miles at 16 months of ownership. After checking all the usual things then used a battery jumper cable to start and drove to the dealership. They offered to do a 3 hour test of the battery system??? The system is so complicated that it takes 3 hours for a service tech to figure out what is wrong?
The initial computer readout in the service line said it was a battery problem...it just could not indicate which battery.
I ended up buying both the large main battery and the smaller aux battery. This afternoon changed out the main battery and the Jeep is starting up ok. Now the Start/Stop system is in Battery Protection Mode and is not working. I’m also getting other error messages including the driver door open etc. I will check to make sure the fuses are seated as indicated by other threads. It appears that the things that contribute to the vehicle not starting are many and complicated. Fuses might pop out and batteries die that are less than 18 months old? After reading all the other threads about starting issues...
I am concerned that my 16 month old JLR is not reliable enough to take off road. Two days ago my daughter and I were 15 miles into the back country in Big Bend National Park. Fortunately these problems did not start then when we took a break and turned off the engine.
The initial computer readout in the service line said it was a battery problem...it just could not indicate which battery.
I ended up buying both the large main battery and the smaller aux battery. This afternoon changed out the main battery and the Jeep is starting up ok. Now the Start/Stop system is in Battery Protection Mode and is not working. I’m also getting other error messages including the driver door open etc. I will check to make sure the fuses are seated as indicated by other threads. It appears that the things that contribute to the vehicle not starting are many and complicated. Fuses might pop out and batteries die that are less than 18 months old? After reading all the other threads about starting issues...
I am concerned that my 16 month old JLR is not reliable enough to take off road. Two days ago my daughter and I were 15 miles into the back country in Big Bend National Park. Fortunately these problems did not start then when we took a break and turned off the engine.
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