Rumba

Just came back from a 100 mile run. Parked the car, came back out and it won't do anything. The locks click but won't open. I opened it from the trunk and got in. The Windows roll down butt he dash doesn't light up. Anyone have any ideas? Many thanks

Paul

BAMAGOLFER

You didn't tell the age and miles on car but first guess would be battery. Seems like when it goes bad crazy things happen.

Good Luck and I'm sure others will offer their opinions.

Kelly

Rumba

Thanks, I just had them change the battery as it had a shorted cell. I started it at least 10' times since then. I just put a new battery in the fob but still nothing. I'm off to get the other fob to give that a try. It's backed in. How would they tow it with the splitter so low? Chevy service doesn't know what to do.

b4i4getit

The FOB battery typically can last for years so I doubt thats the problem. The main battery has been replaced so you can eliminate that as an issue. Maybe one of the main cables from that battery is intermittent. This should be easy for them to diagnose.

Rumba

Thanks, I'm trying not to have it towed. Not sure how they can load it if it's in gear and backed in but I guess the right guy could do it.

RussC243

"The Windows roll down"

You sure its a C7 ?

JoesC5

[QUOTE=b4i4getit;1593303174]The FOB battery typically can last for years so I doubt thats the problem. The main battery has been replaced so you can eliminate that as an issue. Maybe one of the main cables from that battery is intermittent. This should be easy for them to diagnose.[/QUOTE

Doesn't matter if the FOB battery is stone dead as you can still plug the dead FOB into the socket on the steering column and the car will start(if nothing else is wrong with the car).

I agree with you about checking the battery cables to make sure they are tight, before having the car drug onto a rollback.

z06clif

Had this happen to me when the column locked in my C5. The tow truck guy brings "car dollies"and a short jack. He jacked it up in the 4 places put a dollie under each wheel and the just pushed it out of the space. I was in a underground garage at the time. They had push the car around till it got to a spot where the flatbed would fit. Funny now but now then

Clif

Rumba

i called Chevrolet customer service. The guy suggested to turn the car offf and back on like you would a computer. I told him I could disconnect the battery but he said he couldn't recommend that. I thought that was my last resort. I found BOTH not one of the battery cables were finger tight on the new battery Dyer Chevrolet installed last week. I tightened them and it barely had enough juice to start. So much for trained Corvette mechanics. I hope I calm down before Monday morning. Thanks for the feed back. The service theft deterrent code came up.

Paul

MindBend

Sounds crazy, but did you actually check the battery connections? That would be my guess.

MindBend

Oops. Sorry. Just ready your last post....not surprising. No wonder GM went bankrupt. I think salesmen that flunk-out go to become service techs.
Charge the battery good and should be fine.

A side note about the low battery and charge: I don't drive mine daily and it almost needs a charge if I throw one on it. Not that it won't start, but it's a little low.

Good luck!

stevebz06

That's what he said he did. If you had some work done on a car and then a problem develops immediately or shortly afterwards, double check the work that was done. We all make mistakes, including mechanics.

MindBend

There's a difference between a mistake and carelessness. (which is why I do my own work). A double-check and once-over is a prudent plan.

Rumba

I agree. When the only job you are doing is putting in a battery you would think they would double check the only two connections they made. I'm a bit concerned about the health of the computer modules as the arching at the loose connections couldn't have done them any good. We'll see what they say on Monday.

Paul

MindBend

Agree. I wouldn't worry too much about the modules though. They have safeguards built in, etc. but a check never hurts.

b4i4getit

There really is no excuse for the poor job they did replacing your battery. The techs were either incompetent or did not care. You should have a meeting with the service manager and the owner of the dealership. They need to know what is going on.

stevebz06

I guess I was wrong: not all of us make mistakes!

I apologize for implying that those of you who are perfect are anything but.

b4i4getit

The OP spends close to $100K on a car and the dealership can't even change out a battery properly. Think of the inconvenience the owner has gone through. No excuse for this. Would you be so calm if they replaced a tie rod and did not tighten it down and there was a fatality ? Sure we all make mistakes but this is just incompetence.

RonC7

OP,

A new battery off the shelf can be bad. If your problem persists I would suggest you have the new battery checked either by the dealer or your friendly auto parts store. I have new batteries load tested before I accept them - one bad so far.

Good luck!

Ron

stevebz06

it was a MISTAKE. I'm sure the tech will be mortified if it gets back to him.

If you go through life expecting perfection out of people who do services for you, you are going to be disappointed.

In my more than 40 years of flying, I think I found just a couple of mistakes mechanics had made that, had I taken off I probably would have died. I could hold a grudge against them for trying to kill me or I could look at it from the standpoint that, with a little back up from me, they kept malfunctions from being my undoing.