Jump starters: who’s got one and what’s good?

[laroo]

Successfully jumped my 2019 3.6 w/ESS last night and this morning with an Audew 1500. It took 2 start button pushes each time, but both times started right up on second push. I just need it to work one last time this afternoon so I can take the Jeep to the dealer for battery replacement.

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[Heimkehr]

I'm an Antigravity fan boy, and have used the XP-3 to start one of my vehicles, and one owned by a neighbor (after he ignored my counsel to replace the dying battery in his wife's Mazda CX-5). Both have 4-cyl. engines.

I actually purchased the smallish XP-3 to carry on my motorcycle during touring/camping trips. I was pleasantly surprised that it worked as well as it did when jumping a car battery. With that in mind, I'd likely purchase a larger lithium jump pack if it was explicitly intended for carrying in my Jeep.

 

[Levin_tom]

Successfully jumped my 2019 3.6 w/ESS last night and this morning with an Audew 1500. It took 2 start button pushes each time, but both times started right up on second push. I just need it to work one last time this afternoon so I can take the Jeep to the dealer for battery replacement.

Nice! Do you know if only the main battery was dead or both main and aux batteries?

 

[laroo]

Nice! Do you know if only the main battery was dead or both main and aux batteries?

Don't know for sure yet, but I'm assuming the aux has been going bad for a while, and finally took the main with it. My ESS hasn't worked for at least a couple of months, aux switches weren't available after startup, and the last 2 days, remote start wouldn't work.

Weird thing is, after jumping this morning, ESS was available for first time since August.

 

[laroo]

Nice! Do you know if only the main battery was dead or both main and aux batteries?

Both batteries were bad, replaced under warranty. Everything is back to normal... I forgot how much I dislike having to hit that button every time at startup.

 

[Levin_tom]

Both batteries were bad, replaced under warranty. Everything is back to normal... I forgot how much I dislike having to hit that button every time at startup.

Nice that they were replaced under warranty! I hated pressing that button so got a Tazer to calibrate my tires and turned ESS off as well.

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