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bighog01
Explorer
Jan 04, 2016

2013 Ram battery

It appears the batteries went bad today in my 2013 Ram 3500 Cummins. Maybe I'm mistaken but shouldn't batteries last more than 2 and a half years? Especially here in Florida where we don't have much cold weather. I noticed the last few days that it cranked a little slower. Weather got into the 50's here today and no start.
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  • Trackrig's avatar
    Trackrig
    Explorer II
    Jan 04, 2016
    I don't know about the Dodge trucks, but the Ford diesels have a lot of phantom draws on them. My batteries will hardly turn the truck over if I leave it for two months without putting a trickle charger on it.

    Bill
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Jan 04, 2016
    How clean are your battery terminals? Batteries should not be bad after two and half years.
  • maxwell11's avatar
    maxwell11
    Explorer
    Jan 04, 2016
    they should last longer than that,
    I have a 2005 model dodge diesel and I just installed my third set, so who knows.

    main thing, when you hit that starter you want it to spin, takes some power to turn it over on a cold morning up here in KY.

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