Strange issue
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From: St Louis Mo
Strange issue
Yesterday I was going to drive to drive my 05 vette. I get in to a dead battery. I hadn't driven the vette in a week or so. So my first thought was that the battery is old so maybe I need to replace it. I put the charger on it this morning and the battery came up real quick. So I was thinking that the battery in the car may not be bad, but the battery in the fob may be gone. I replaced the battery in the fob and still no go. I get my wifes fob and nothing is going on. I took off the ground on the car battery for like 30 seconds and hooked it back up. Everything from there worked fine. I figure that I reset the car computer and got everything back right. Both fobs worked fine. Now everything is good now, but obviously this has me concerned. Anyone experience this before?
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Yesterday I was going to drive to drive my 05 vette. I get in to a dead battery. I hadn't driven the vette in a week or so. So my first thought was that the battery is old so maybe I need to replace it. I put the charger on it this morning and the battery came up real quick. So I was thinking that the battery in the car may not be bad, but the battery in the fob may be gone. I replaced the battery in the fob and still no go. I get my wifes fob and nothing is going on. I took off the ground on the car battery for like 30 seconds and hooked it back up. Everything from there worked fine. I figure that I reset the car computer and got everything back right. Both fobs worked fine. Now everything is good now, but obviously this has me concerned. Anyone experience this before?
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And you'll need to reset the window indexing for both windows.
With the engine running and the window down, close the car door. Raise the window and hold the up switch an extra 3 seconds. Release. Without lowering the window, hold the up switch again for 3 seconds. Release. Done. Don't forget the other window.
This will need to be done to both windows every time the car battery is disconnected, then reconnected, or when a new battery is installed in the car.
This will need to be done to both windows every time the car battery is disconnected, then reconnected, or when a new battery is installed in the car.
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From: St Louis Mo
That's something I checked after the fobs didn't work. no corrosion and it was on there tight.
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Mine has done this 3 times in the 6 yrs I’ve owned it. The battery tells me when it’s going bad, when I push the start button that FIRST noise is drawn out out longer and slower and tells me you need to change it soon.
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From: St Louis Mo
You know after a day of thinking about your post, your explanation does make a lot of sense. the battery charged up right away (if it was even down honestly). the terminal was tight, but there could have been corrosion on the connector on the inside (I didn't take a hard look at that, I just don't remember seeing any corrosion on the battery terminal itself. Its worth it to pull both terminals and give them both a good wire brush or steel wool cleaning with the chemicals.
