Stop/Start not working with ''Battery charging'' messages getting more frequent usually means the battery is on its way down. It's a great unintended battery health monitor.
I just want to stress the importance of the reply by Mark here. Modern vehicles, especially our Cherokees, are tough on batteries and nowadays when so many people are working from home their vehicles are sitting in the garage slowing draining the battery.
My X2 has started doing that a year 2. But I also carry my jump packs and everything needed for a proxy on me, so not really worried about it. Figured I'd wait it out to see if maybe its related to aux beam and dash camera being wired to constant power.
I've seen one or two of your videos and noticed how hard you work that Northstar (X2 Power). I call that battery abuse, though not in a negative way because it is put to good use. I'm not surprised it is showing signs of decline, no battery can withstand that kind of torture for too long. You should get a 27F next time
Oh I agree. lol The fact that its still holding strong, I have no complaints. The stock battery would have fried long before. The start stop will still work for 3 or 4 days after a long ride. I really think most of it has to do with the constant draw on the battery from not having them hooked to ACC. I'm also in and out of it a lot right after a ride to clean, dry, and repack all the recovery gear. I've found though, to use my lights for a long time with the engine off, I have to turn the ignition on. It will time out in ACC mode. I was swapping jump a fuse locations on the weekend, but got tired of it, and just went to the battery post with it. The way I look at it, it has a warranty, so I'm going to use it hard. I did just find out last night there is a recall on the winch for the remote though. I probably need to make a post on it as a lot use those types. It affects all Warn EVO VR winches. I got a notice from amazon about it, and then went and looked it up. I had another video I threw up last night from some climbing we did. Probably should have aired down, but I was lazy, and wasn't sure what we had planned. I did use the rock slider a lot at one point to keep me off the dirt wall. Worked perfectly. Didn't use the winch any then, but both times I just hooked up a snatch rope. Who knows what tonight will bring. We are finally starting to get some rain back. The forest is still very dry.I've seen one or two of your videos and noticed how hard you work that Northstar (X2 Power). I call that battery abuse, though not in a negative way because it is put to good use. I'm not surprised it is showing signs of decline, no battery can withstand that kind of torture for too long. You should get a 27F next time
.). I explained to the service advisor that the battery was 30 minutes old, and she stated the stop / start can take a couple of days to relearn its function. She made an appointment for an HVAC fan rattle and stated were booking 5 days in advance and diagnostics are running 3 - 4 days once we start. We'll check the Stop / Start then, also.Perhaps the engineer that came up with this Stop/Start should work so closely to a nuclear reactor, that for generations he / she would be unable to breed.Perhaps Stop/Start would work reliably if our Jeeps were powered by miniature nuclear reactors?
Oh yes the dropped 10mm socket... been there done that ! First time I dropped a tool in there, I used my borescope (for fun) and eventually found it, picked it up with a magnet. Second time : I dropped a corner of the belly pan/guard and immediately found it. Belly pan catches almost everything that falls from higher up. Removing a couple belly pan screws and prying it open does the trick. Best achieved with ramps, or better yet up on a hoist. Use your fist to tap the soft belly pan until you locate the missing part/tool, then open belly pan closest to that spot. If lucky, you might be able to reach the tool via the oil drain plug trap door, or the oil filter trap door (no need to remove belly pan screws).Well, a BIG thanks to all.
Off I went at 9:30 this morning to Autozone, where after looking at the Jeep the nice gentleman told me:
A: your battery tests good as does your alternator.
B: I'll sell you one, but that's an Orielly's battery from 3/22 under warranty and their store is 2/10ths of a mile away.
So, off I went at 10:00 this morning to Oriellys, where after looking at the Jeep the nice gentleman told me:
A: your battery tests good as does your alternator, but if you want, we'll swap it out of courtesy. Unfortunately, he dropped a 10mm socket down, we spent 15 minutes changing the battery, 1 hour looking for the socket (never found it).
Jeep started right up, nothing was lost except the EQ (Bass / Mid /Treble) settings, and as an added bonus my Kicker Amp which went in protection mode yesterday during this debacle came back to life, so no need to visit the car stereo store
However, as I started to drive away from Orielly's I noticed that the EVIC still read "Start / Stop Not Ready - Batter Charging". Since the Jeep dealer is only 5 miles from Orielly's I figured I stop by there (because this is such a fun day
Which leads me to comment on Lindy's post:
Perhaps the engineer that came up with this Stop/Start should work so closely to a nuclear reactor, that for generations he / she would be unable to breed.
Thanks... start / Stop is now working!!! (of course, it is an odd numbered day in an odd numbered month and I believe it's a holiday in Mauritania, etc.....
), has drastically reduced my driving.
Hi there,
Honestly, if a car/boat battery is your only option as far as a 12V source goes, I'd just go ahead and do the battery swap with no power at all. Reason is a decently charged automotive battery packs a lot of power (short circuit Amps) and if you get the clamps/wires together (crap happens), you'd be looking a possible major event : risk of fire, risk of destroying Jeep's electronics, etc...
