Just purchased a 2015 with 255 miles on it. Over the past two nights (truck is kept outdoors) it has been in the single digits and my truck wont start. I had the battery check and it was normal (or a touch low), the alternator check good and the starter pulled 270 amps and the guy at the auto parts store said the started was bad....Now I know things go be bad even if new but I was wondering if 270 for this truck indicates a bad starter?

Thanks
Chad

 

Why not take it to a dealer? That's what a warranty is for.

 

I will but its Sunday and they are closed just seeing if the board had any wisdom on the matter.

 

How did you ever make out with the dealer?


My 2015 5.0 13K miles seems like the battery is always dead. I found out when I was trying to do the FORScan programming and got errors. Then I hooked up my charger and it was drawing 6 AMPs(the max). Took several hours to come up.
This happened 3 times. Mine is garage kept, so the temp never goes below 50. It's been outside for the last two weeks (25deg) and it hasn't failed to start ... yet.


I wanna bring it in for service, but need it for DD for a while. Problem is, I KNOW what they'll likely say; "those fancy LED reverse lights you got on there must be wired wrong". We'll see.


TomJV