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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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I went to take my 05 convert. out last night and the battery was completely dead. I had just driven it a few days earlier and it was charging fine. I put the battery on charge and could not find anything that I had left on. Any ideas from anybody? If I need a new one, anyone have a favorite?
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If it's the original battery, replace it. Five years on a battery is a long time.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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You should just count yourself lucky it lasted this long, mine barely lasted 2 years, yet I'm still running the original Motorcraft battery on my 03 truck.


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I went to take my 05 convert. out last night and the battery was completely dead. I had just driven it a few days earlier and it was charging fine. I put the battery on charge and could not find anything that I had left on. Any ideas from anybody? If I need a new one, anyone have a favorite?
If you have a manual tranny make sure that the car has had the BCM reflash done to eliminated DBS, which will kill your battery almost randomly in roughly 24-48 hrs. If your car is automatic, this won't apply.
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If you have a manual tranny make sure that the car has had the BCM reflash done to eliminated DBS, which will kill your battery almost randomly in roughly 24-48 hrs. If your car is automatic, this won't apply.
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 08:50 AM
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If you have a manual tranny make sure that the car has had the BCM reflash done to eliminated DBS, which will kill your battery almost randomly in roughly 24-48 hrs. If your car is automatic, this won't apply.
What is BCM reflash?
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What is BCM reflash?
Body Control Module and it has an eprom that can be reflashed. It tells parts of the car what to do.
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make sure you put trans in reverse before turing it off and not fifth like I did. mine is a 05 also.
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