Dodge Journey 2013

Bought this car a year ago. Pulling a log splitter home and the check battery light came on. Car has 25000. Checked the battery has sufficient amps. Any one have this proble and if so what was the cure. Thanks

 

Welcome to DF! Did the light go out? Do you have a factory tow package or something you added on? How's the trailer wiring? How did you check the battery?

 

Light still on after putting on charger. Tested battery with multimeter. Dealer installed wiring and hitch. Wiring all good hooked up to camper and all lights worked. So I hopeing with other things I am finding it's a loose wire behind radio from reading other forums I have been reading. Hoping nothing to major.

 

So you are checking battery voltage with a multimeter. You may need to get the battery actually load tested. A battery may have 12 volts but may not have the load capacity required. I'd start with having the battery load tested. Using a multimeter on a battery will only tell you the voltage, not measure the batteries capacity to carry the load of the vehicle electronics plus the trailer.

 

Took it to the dealer today and found out it was the alternator.

 

Ahh...hopefully it is warrantied. We just had to replace ours. I was going to do it myself, but the thing cost nearly $250. Luckily we have an extended warranty so we just had to pay a $100 deductible. The bill was close to $700 with parts and labor. Freakin ridiculous what it costs to repair a vehicle these days.

 

Starting this past Saturday my 2012 Dodge Journey SXT 3.6l I have been boosting my vehicle every morning. So had it towed in with issue and they say bad cell in battery and the replaced the battery. But whats weird about it tho I started the car one time and then 30 minutes later my car wouldn't start it needed a boost. But other times it was ok all day, even in the evenings. I am wondering if the issue more than the battery.

 

They get bad batches of batteries from time to time for OEM installs,
there have been a few DJs with bad BCMs(body control modules).
The BCMs don't shut down as they supposed to and drain the battery,
they need to be reflashed or replaced.