So its been a year since I've purchased my 2018 Durango GT. Haven't had a single issue.. then the battery died on me. I put plugged the truck to charge but quickly noticed that the battery wasn't holding the charge and kept loosing volts. my dealer warranty had expired so I went to replace the batteries and found that I had two batteries. Took them to Autozone and got two new batteries. I installed the main battery with out a problem but when I installed the auxiliary battery sparks flew and the whole truck went dark. I wasn't too sure what happened and I started doing some research and found that the auxiliary battery they gave me has the positive terminal on the right and the negative on the left.. backwards from the original auxiliary battery... I know.. I'm an idiot. I need help now. Is there a main fuse or ECU fuse that would blow in times like these?
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Makes me wounder if someone accidentally grounded the + post? Has the vehicle ever been jumped?
BTW IIRC there is a 5A fuse that is located in the battery area under the passenger seat that is sometimes missed.
Yes actually. When my vehicle shut off a man from mechanic shop tried to jump start my truck but failed. So he went in the truck and connected the jumper cables to the auxiliary battery in order for me to move my truck on to a parking lot because I was in the middle of the road.
Actually, the batteries should not be jumped at their terminals and only at the jumper posts in the engine bay. Also with the aux battery it is very easy to misjudge which is + an -, as the post below shows.
2017 Durango GT won’t start!
I was sitting at a stop light, and my Durango cut off with absolutely no warning. I finally got it to crank and got it home. The next day it won’t crank at all. The cab lights and dash lights come on, but when I push my start button, it just clicks and won’t turn over. We tried to jump it off...
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Thank you. I checked the assigned fuse for the dashboard and It wasn’t cracked or broken but I am wondering if the color of it means it’s damaged? Forgive me , like I said. I know little to nothing about vehicles.
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It looks like the contacts were overheating perhaps from not being fully pushed in. Put a new same exact one in and fully push it and all of the fuses in and see how it behaves.
I will get that positive jumper post replaced tomorrow. I was just wondering because it seemed odd the color wasn’t the same as the others.
I appreciate your help!! I got that fuse box replaced and everything is working as normal, great thing it was nothing to do with the alternator.
About the dash board, I was looking at the picture you posted for me, I realized someone moved one of the fuses connected to the dashboard. I replaced it with a new one and it powered up!
About the dash board, I was looking at the picture you posted for me, I realized someone moved one of the fuses connected to the dashboard. I replaced it with a new one and it powered up!
Hi good day! Soooo.. we replaced the fuse box everything was good last night coming home my voltage was at 13.7V the whole ride home so about 18 minutes. This morning I got the vehicle on it was on 13.8V once I put it on drive it dropped to 12.6V .. do you happen to know what could possibly be going on? I won’t be able to take it to a mechanic for another week
Probably weak batteries. I don't remember if you ever said if you changed them. The DD is very sensitive to poor batteries. The alternator could also be the cause but that is unlikely if your batteries are a few years old.
I did replace the main battery, brand new but not the auxiliary battery as it was measuring at proper V. I was given a 98PLT In the beginning but I switched it out for a 48PLT battery bc the 98 did not fit correctly in the battery compartment
You should also replace the aux battery at the same time. They play off of each other.
If I replace the auxiliary you think that couple possibly help?
Yes, in fact on my 2017 I recently replaced both and my ESS operates as it should.
Thank you, I will try that and hope all goes well!
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Good day! Hope everyone is doing well. I should have asked you all this question the last time we chatted. Could any of you tell me what this broken part is called? I have looked at a few diagrams but I am not able to depict it from the pictures.
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