truck was running great. i took the battery off, to clean the terminals. like noraml upkeep on a car. put the battery back in it, and started it up, and it just dies. it will run for abour 2-3 seconds, and just kill it'self. i noticed i'm not getting a reading on my tach anymore, and it's got some lights coming on in the dash which include; security, low fuel, air bags, ABS, and brake. idk what happened. everything was fine and all i did was clean some terminals. i charged the battery and put a different one in. didn't help. the guy i bought it from had a bull dog security remote start hooked up. and i think it's messing with it somehow. idk if it's hooked up wrong or anything, but i removed the bull dog system from the wiring, and it does the same thing. any help would be great

 

just in case anybody was reading up on this post. i had a mechanic come out and take a look at it. and we pulled the cluster fuse, 10A, in the fuse panel. and it will start and run, but the gauges dont work still, and the problem is not solved. we have narrowed it down to being the security system that's stock, in the main CTM, Central Timing Module, the whole CTM may need replaced, or we may be able to jump out the security system. if anybody has similar experience, let me know. otherwise i will update with the results. thanks

 

yes, sadly, i knew that the alarm was activated somehow. but i tried everything to de-activate it. i called the dealership, and did what they told me also. the truck is fine again. just wait til you hear what was wrong with it. lol. The overhead console didn't work when i got the truck. never thought anything of it. and still dont really know what has changed, but the overhead console circuit board has a grounded wire somewhere, and was fried. it was sending a bad signal to the CTM, and for some reason, it was slightly grounding out the CTM also. so it couldn't send the required volts to the dashboard, for the gauges, and the security system, couldn't properly de-activate