been having dead batterys latly when its cold outside and if it sits over 8 hours.. still under warrenty dealer said bring it in...
get there mechanic says its good and he cant do anything about it??? .. he said if it test good tha battery is definitly good ... said it was a short some where.. but i unhooked the battery one night when i got to work and hooked it back up before i left...and it was dead.. so its got to definatly be the battery... he told me i didnt know what i was talking about ...so its been at the dealer for 4 days and they refuse to put a battery on it .. there looking for a short that is not there....
sorry about the long post anyone got any opinions...?? thanks

 

Bring it to another Ford dealer.

 

well ..im not worrying about it at the moment the stealership i bougght my truck off of supplys a rental vehical when your truck is in the shop....so they rented a 09 4wd tahoe...leather loaded...so i hope they keep it for ever

 

so they told me my cell phone charger was making it run the battery dead over night??...
but like i said one night i unhooked the battery at work and when i hooked it back up to leave ..it just barely started
so when i pick it up tomorow im going to take it to a different dealer

 

I had a similar problem. My battery kept going dead. At the time the truck was a year old, so I took it to the dealer and they did their test. They said everything was good. So I took it upon myself and did some tinkering. It came out to be the radio was shorted, it never turned off, so I pulled out the fuse, took it to the dealer and told them what it was, and made them feel stupid.

 

My battery did the same last week; try to start it in the morning after been sitting on the garage for 2 days and nothing and again this morning. My truck is 3 years old with 36789 m., just passed factory warranty I think it is time for a new battery (I don't have a short problem I hope), but I will bring it to a Dealership this week. I feel your pain.

 

No way, sounds like a poor excuse to me.

 

ya... got to love them stealership... they didnt do anything to my truck... put a volt meter on it when i pulled up...said it had 13.8 volts...said it was good they couldnt do anything ... so they kept it for 5 days to look for a short... they never even pulled it in there garage ...they told me to pull it out back last thursday and they would get to it on friday.... now tuesday rolled around told me my truck was fine they couldnt find anything wrong.... they didnt even move my truck...i highly doubt they brought there tools all the way out there to work on it.. im fed up with them... this is not there first time screwing me around...i thought when i ordered my truck the way i wanted it i would be set.. its been a night mare.. sorry for the venting

 

friday after i got off work took it to a different dealer..one minute later came out and said battery definatly bad...supposed to have 580amps had 83....put a new battery on it and its going back sometime in a few weeks and there going to look at my allignment and ac...from where the other dealer worked on it and its still not right..
they also gave me a number to call and report that other dealership..doubt i do that but i would have if i had the number when that other ford mechanic told me that i didnt know what i was talking about ...but finally fixed

 

It's funny how many people suspect the battery and the dealership says it's fine cause it passes a test. Then come to find out it was the battery.

 

ya..i load tested at my house...it fail..took it to dealer..they said it passed they used a volt meter and mech told me i didnt know what i was talking about ...took it to auto zone,oreillys and my buddys shop..they all failed....new dealer..also failed they changed it under warrenty no ploblems.. that mech told me he dont know what they did but they reid 4 or 5 diff ways to make it pass just to see if they could ..and they couldnt get it to pass..so...oh well new dealer for me...whoop whoop

 

They've had your truck for 4 days but you didn't care because they rented you a loaded 2009 Tahoe...

Are you serious???

Why don't you trade you truck in for one of those Chevy pieces of crap. then?

 

he didnt rent one, the dealship provided him with one.

have you ever driven a newer tahoe?

 

I never said he rented one.... read my reply carefully.

Yes I have driven the late model Tahoe.

I was placed on light duty at work about three months ago for a full work cycle [three weeks or 10/24HR working days; I'm a professional firefighter]. Where I'm stationed is also the first battalion headquarters. Our BC drives a2009 Tahoe. My light duties involved driving him to fire alarms/fires/extrications and whatever else he was called out for, for ten working days 24HRS per shift.

Here's my opinion of the '09 Chevy Tahoe 4WD LTZ 5.3-liter V8, after spending a few [short] days driving it.

Though it handles relatively decent for a large SUV under "normal" driving conditions, it's spongy-like suspension leaves handling in emergency sutuations much to be desired. Bumps are absorbed well but you're still bouncing several feet after the bump. Breaking is very average.... especially under emergency conditions. Sure, it's a large cumbersome vehicle, but, nonetheless, the breaking left much to be desired. Parking is awkard. I couldn't place my finger on it but trying to double-park this monster was a chore of it's own. Turning circle is poor. Fuel consumption is, well, it plain sucks.... absolutely hideous!

The standout positives for me was the interiors egonomic design [uncluttered] and comfortable/cushy seats. Acceleration was very impressive for such a large vehicle.... especially considering the amount of "equipment" a BC car hauls around [but, as mentioned above, it comes at a costly price]. Overall appearence is also very appealing.... the vehicle will fit nicely at a tailgate party, but will also fit handsomely at a black-tie function. Visibility, all things considered, to the sides and rear is pretty damn good... though a back-up OEM camera makes a world of difference I found out.

Hope this helps.

 

ah you are correct sir. i had read to quickly and misplaced "rented" "you" and "they". my bad.