RedWranger
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- First Name
- Shawn
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- Dec 1, 2018
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- Redwood City, CA
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- 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
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Whelp...it happened to me last night. Not exactly sure how or why my batteries died but dead they were! My first issue was figuring out how to put my Jeep in neutral to roll it down my driveway to make room for our other vehicle get into a position to jump my Jeep. It's not possible with the shifter when the battery is dead. I was able to figure it out myself but check out How to Put Your Jeep JL in Neutral When the Battery is Dead to learn about it.
From there, I had to figure it out how to actually jump my Jeep. If you read the owner's manual, its straightforward but it is not! Yes, there are threads here about this but none of them were particular to my specific Jeep...2.0L turbo w/ eTorque. The best video I found was on Facebook.
That said, after a few unsuccessful attempts of jumping my Jeep the "normal" way, I put the positive clamp on the #1 terminal of the terminal block in the fusebox (as the person in the Facebook video did)...viola! It worked!
I now have a "check engine" light on and my stop/start isn't working until the 48v batteries are fully charged but I suspect that will resolve soon. I'm just sharing this here to help the next person who runs into this problem.
BTW, here is a good article from FCA on our 2.0L Turbo w/ eTorque engines: Jeep Wrangler eTorque Mild Hybrid Technology.
From there, I had to figure it out how to actually jump my Jeep. If you read the owner's manual, its straightforward but it is not! Yes, there are threads here about this but none of them were particular to my specific Jeep...2.0L turbo w/ eTorque. The best video I found was on Facebook.
That said, after a few unsuccessful attempts of jumping my Jeep the "normal" way, I put the positive clamp on the #1 terminal of the terminal block in the fusebox (as the person in the Facebook video did)...viola! It worked!
I now have a "check engine" light on and my stop/start isn't working until the 48v batteries are fully charged but I suspect that will resolve soon. I'm just sharing this here to help the next person who runs into this problem.
BTW, here is a good article from FCA on our 2.0L Turbo w/ eTorque engines: Jeep Wrangler eTorque Mild Hybrid Technology.
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