Battery dying

[CanadainTRDpro]

after only 2-3 days sitting battery dies. Anyone else experience this issue?

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[Chance3]

after only 2-3 days sitting battery dies. Anyone else experience this issue?

I'm retired, so my truck can easily sit for 4 - 5 days and I haven't had any issues. Without some sort of parasitic draw, 2-3 days seems a bit extreme. I'd have the battery and the alternator checked, if you haven't already. Should be under warranty in any case. Hope you find the issue!

 

[LincolnSixAlpha]

Nope. Not here. Mine sits for 2-3 days sometimes, I also installed one of those things that is to keep critters away under the hood tapped directly into the battery. Even with that thing on it's not dead. Either your battery is bad, or you a faulty electronic device making a heavy draw.

 

[Goriders]

Any after market devices that might be drawing power?

 

[G MAN]

Had same about a month ago in -20 weather of Wisconsin Northwoods..........wasn't started for over a week . Chargeed battery and put a battery tender on it and fine since. Will have dealer check at next scheduled maintenance visit.

 

[ORHV]

I'm retired, so my truck can easily sit for 4 - 5 days and I haven't had any issues. Without some sort of parasitic draw, 2-3 days seems a bit extreme. I'd have the battery and the alternator checked, if you haven't already. Should be under warranty in any case. Hope you find the issue!

No alternator on the hybrids.

 

[Chance3]

No alternator on the hybrids.

Oops, should have known that...had a RAV4 limited hybrid before the Tacoma...LOL Thanks!

 

[MustardTiger]

I haven't had this issue, and my truck is sitting a lot. I did come across this guy tho, he had a bad cell in the 12v battery...warranty replaced it.

 

[MHG]

Buy a $69 DC Klein clamp meter. It is a very handy meter for troubleshooting battery issues. Typically a vehicle may have line. .01 or .02 amp draw from the car just sitting. Unless you’re in cold weather anything short of a couple of weeks is never an issue. My truck sits for weeks because it’s a secondary vehicle so I have a battery maintainer wired in.

can’t wait for the various mod companies to come up with a dual battery tray for this truck. Have that on my jeep and there is nothing like a flick of a switch on a dead start.

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