lohr500
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Hi Chris, all suggestions welcomed. I've tried with a heavy press on the pedal as when it did work I noticed a light press didn't trigger it. They swapped both batteries last summer and it worked for a week or so, then failed again. Last summer if I charged the batteries manually then again it would work for a while. So I am convinced the fault is with the charging circuit or possibly the IBS intelligent battery sensor that is supposed to detect the battery current draw. It is linked to the ess logic. I've sent a formal complaint to the dealer and to FCA this afternoon, and threatened to get the Motor Ombudsman involved again which I did last year. I have asked them specifically how they tested it yesterday and if they charged the batteries before testing. I've also suggested they stop messing me around, send a recovery vehicle to my house to transport the Jeep to a competent repairer and supply a loan car until they return the Jeep fully working. I'm sick and tired of driving to and from Jeep dealerships. Each trip is a 50 mile round journey and usually they can't fix it while I wait, so every fault results in multiple trips. This is the 5th attempt at getting ess working, so there is obviously something wrong, other than swapping out batteries. Someone mentioned having their alternator replaced. If it isn't the IBS then perhaps the alternator is weak, or something is discharging the batteries when it's parked up. I rewired my dashcams so they are now only powered up when the ignition is on as I thought they may be the cause. I even ran it for a few weeks with the dashcam power supplies totally disconnected but again it made no difference.
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