[96GTRagTop]

This post is for a friend of mine. He has a bone stock 05 V6 and he's having problems with the battery. The car has 21k when he bought it, and now has 30k on her.

Basically the car doesn't start after sitting overnight. Dead battery. He brought the car in for service, they said his car was fine, but they swapped the battery for him, and he's had no prolbems for 2 months. Well it started up again on him.

And when i say dead battery, i mean dead battery. he has to let it sit and charge for 10 miinutes before he even gets a crank.

I heard of a similiar issue in the V8 05 section where battery is drained by the radio being left in the "on" position, so i had him make sure to turn it off everytime he gets out of the car, but he's still having issues. Also, the cars that had the battery issue also were sitting for a few days, not 12 hours.....

[itschristorres8]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop This post is for a friend of mine. He has a bone stock 05 V6 and he's having problems with the battery. The car has 21k when he bought it, and now has 30k on her. Basically the car doesn't start after sitting overnight. Dead battery. He brought the car in for service, they said his car was fine, but they swapped the battery for him, and he's had no prolbems for 2 months. Well it started up again on him. And when i say dead battery, i mean dead battery. he has to let it sit and charge for 10 miinutes before he even gets a crank. I heard of a similiar issue in the V8 05 section where battery is drained by the radio being left in the "on" position, so i had him make sure to turn it off everytime he gets out of the car, but he's still having issues. Also, the cars that had the battery issue also were sitting for a few days, not 12 hours.....

this is the third story ive heard like this
must be common
05 GT then 05 GT again now the v6
im guessing there is a short. which is what i told the other GT owners but i have yet to see them to report back wat or where the short was


i'd start looking to find the short
something is draining the batter OR the alternator could be putting out to high of an amp killing the battery but then i'd think other things like lights would blow out does that happen?
or possible the alternator is giving to low of an amp but barely to low
get both test at an auto store First then move on to finding the short

[96GTRagTop]

Originally Posted by itschristorres8 this is the third story ive heard like this must be common 05 GT then 05 GT again now the v6 im guessing there is a short. which is what i told the other GT owners but i have yet to see them to report back wat or where the short was i'd start looking to find the short something is draining the batter OR the alternator could be putting out to high of an amp killing the battery but then i'd think other things like lights would blow out does that happen? or possible the alternator is giving to low of an amp but barely to low get both test at an auto store First then move on to finding the short

i beileve ford already checked that.....

[Onemanzu]

this is an issue with the vehicle its self... From what i remember reading there are two or three different things that can affect this... I know a few people solved it by putting the radio in the off position before shutting there cars off... others had issues with the PCM just draining the battery and the only way that could be fixed was by getting a new one from ford though most of the time it would still be under warranty...

[shadow5403]

And this only affected some 05s and not all of them?

[Onemanzu]

yes about 1-10

[itschristorres8]

yea i think it should have been a recalll im not sure if it was

[96GTRagTop]

the omz, im gonna let him know about the PCM, his car is def still under warranty....

i basically broke it down to him that iff all else fails, trade her into a dealership for an New Edge GT.... he wants more power anyway.

[itschristorres8]

i rep'd you omz! lol cause you rep'd me and i forgot about repping people as well

[96GTRagTop]

hey chris....whats up with ur 60ft dude?

seems a little high.....specially with that 1/4 time......where u spinning through first or something?

[shadow5403]

I dont know how Ford judges whether they pull a recall or not.....from what i can put together myself, it seems if its only causing an inconvenience and not causing a safety issue...then they dont give a rats ass. This is the same thing with the faulty 99/00 valve covers that they wouldnt fix.

[96GTRagTop]

yea, but if it's happening to 1/10 vehicles, which they sell over 100k units of a year of, i think they might wanna fix this

[shadow5403]

its only an inconvenience....why would they want to spend more money fixing something that is not a safety hazard? Welcome to corporate America....no wonder ford had to sell Aston Martin

[96GTRagTop]

thats true.......even still though, the cars are still so new they should be covered under warranty

[itschristorres8]

Originally Posted by 96GTRagTop hey chris....whats up with ur 60ft dude? seems a little high.....specially with that 1/4 time......where u spinning through first or something?

no not my first time
the track was 40 degrees and was slick and everyones street tires werent helping i was spinning half way downt he track in 3rd =/