My pickup is haunted.

[Llynn]

I don't drive my old Dodge Dakota all that much these days. I recently let it sit for three weeks. When I finally needed to drive it, I found that neither of my key fobs would unlock the truck nor would they activate the lights. I knew the fob batteries were good because I checked them with a multi meter.

Several days later, I again drove my truck and both fobs were fully functional. On that day, however, the passenger side window wouldn't respond to the button on either arm rest.

Today I again took the truck out on an errand and to my surprise the windows fuctioned flawlessly from either button as did the power locks. I'm not complaining mind but I thought elves only worked repairing shoes at night.

Actually, I suspect the March Monsoons my truck sat out in caused these electrical gremlins.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

That's great news. If only my luck worked that way.

 

[Don M.]

How old is the battery? After sitting for 3 weeks, did you check the voltage on the battery? All these "power" functions on today's vehicles may not function properly if the battery drops below 12.2 volts. We drive our Impala very little, anymore, so I hook up a trickle charger if it sits for more than 3 or 4 days. When we drive it, the battery shows 12.6 volts for a couple of days, but drops to 12.2 volts after about 5 days.