ssr performance/sympathy

BabyBlu · 01-16-2007, 08:35 PM

Hey Ya'll
today I went out to start BabyBlu up, and she wouldn't... then I thought I was locked in for freshness.. the doors wouldn't open for a minute... YIKES.. anyone else had this happen? I bought the vehicle in November 2006.. am bummed. The dealer is going to tow it, and I'm asking for a new battery.. can you think of anything else?

thanx you fanatics!

DOOPHUS · 01-16-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlu

Hey Ya'll
today I went out to start BabyBlu up, and she wouldn't... then I thought I was locked in for freshness.. the doors wouldn't open for a minute... YIKES.. anyone else had this happen? I bought the vehicle in November 2006.. am bummed. The dealer is going to tow it, and I'm asking for a new battery.. can you think of anything else?

thanx you fanatics!

OUCH, BabyBlue . . .

Sounds BAD but I bet the dealer will find the problem and this will be only a memory very soon.

By the way, if the battery is dead push the dealer to determine why it died. Usually, relatively new batteries don't croak without a good reason nowadays.

Good Luck,

Curt

!

!

jleas524 · 01-17-2007, 12:24 AM

may be the bad ignition module?

ssrmaddox · 01-17-2007, 05:29 AM

Don't worry....direct battery drains are usually a short (Ignition or PCM) and the Dealer should be able to diagnose in a matter of minutes...I'll bet you'll be fixed up in no time....

Doug Allen · 01-17-2007, 09:01 AM

Watch them when they tow it so that they don't damage it.

Steve T · 01-17-2007, 09:35 AM

The battery in my red '06 would go dead if it sat for as little as 5 or 6 days. I know it sat on the lot for several months before I bought it and no telling how many times the battery was charged just enough to start it. That was tough on the oem battery. Replaced it with an Optima Red top and no more dead battery.

BabyBlu · 01-17-2007, 09:59 AM

thank you all you nice fanatical ssr people!!! the wrecker will be here soon.. I'm requesting a jump WAY before the tow....

WOW_FCTR · 01-17-2007, 02:20 PM

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thank you all you nice fanatical ssr people!!! the wrecker will be here soon.. I'm requesting a jump WAY before the tow....

If it did get towed, check out the pictures in my gallery to see if any damage was down to your vehicle like happened to mine.

Doug Allen · 01-17-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WOW_FCTR

If it did get towed, check out the pictures in my gallery to see if any damage was down to your vehicle like happened to mine.

Stop driving so much, dammit!

BabyBlu · 01-17-2007, 06:39 PM

weellllllllllllllllllll no tow... thank God... got a jump, and drove to the dealer who promptly replaced the battery... seems to have done the trick..

thank you for your morale support/sympathy.... 4 real... smile

hopefully BabyBlu will do the 100,000 with no major problems... and I hope I'm not just wishful thinking.

WOW_FCTR · 01-18-2007, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlu

weellllllllllllllllllll no tow... thank God... got a jump, and drove to the dealer who promptly replaced the battery... seems to have done the trick..

thank you for your morale support/sympathy.... 4 real... smile

hopefully BabyBlu will do the 100,000 with no major problems... and I hope I'm not just wishful thinking.

Well now that it was jumped, make sure that your radiator fan is working correctly. Jumping incorrectly can affect it.

I'll be at 100,000 shortly and there are another half dozen in the 70k-80k range...so it's looking good.

BabyBlu · 01-18-2007, 06:47 PM

thanx... can you tell a girl how to do that? smile... also, does anyone else get a squeek when you let off the gas peddle, and a springy sound when you have the brakes on????

WOW_FCTR · 01-19-2007, 07:20 AM

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thanx... can you tell a girl how to do that? smile... also, does anyone else get a squeek when you let off the gas peddle, and a springy sound when you have the brakes on????

I tried to find a thread where some of the "engineers" wrote up something on how to test it, but couldn't find one just yet....so here's what I'd do:

1) Start your truck.
2) Wait until the temp warms up to 210.
3) Open the hood and see if the fan is running. If it isn't, then there may be a problem.

I get no noises like you've described.

BabyBlu · 01-19-2007, 08:44 AM

will do.. thanx.
anyone else?

mikepowell · 01-19-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlu

will do.. thanx.
anyone else?

but never thought much about it

oh well