Why does battery drain at night?

Regarding the battery drain, it might be because you have an app that is running in the background and draining battery.. so maybe turn off sync and disconnect your mobile data and wifi when you’re not using it.. there’s no need for you to be connected to the internet while you sleep.

Why does my Silverado 1500 battery keep dying?

On my 04 1500 I had a short in the instrament cluster that would kill the battery in a few days if the truck was not driven. If I pulled the fuse to the cluster, the battery would be fine. Later the speedo and tach failed, so I sent the cluster off for a rebuild, problem solved.

Is there a problem with my Chevy truck battery?

Truck is still driveable, just no gauge info. Work is guaranteed. There are a bunch of outfits rebuilding these on ebay and various other sites, so it must be a big problem with the clusters. I had a similar problem with the battery draining. Spent hours and hours researching it, more hours trying to diagnose.

How long does a Chevy siverado battery drain?

From buying research to owner support, join 1.5 MILLION GM Truck Enthusiasts every month who use GM-Trucks.com as a daily part of their ownership experience. My 1994 Chevy Siverado has a slow parasidic drain. If I leave the battery connected it will drain in 3 to 4 days. The multifuntion switch is giving me problems too.

When did my Silverado battery cluster go out?

Best of luck. The cluster went out at 35,000 miles and got the warranty/recall NEW cluster – now at 105,000 last month the cluster went dead for two vehicle trips then came back to life. I was happy about that but probably not back correctly.

Why is the battery on my GMC Sierra 1500 dead?

There were no lights or devices left on after the previous time the truck had been used. Something is drawing power from the battery causing it to be dead.

What causes a Chevy truck battery to go dead?

2004 chevy truck battery went dead, changed battery. The air conditioner started blowing hot air out of the drivers side and cold air out of the passangers side . Gm wants $100. 00 just to test and see whats wrong! ! ! ! checked the internet, found over 100 items with same problem.

How to drain a battery on a GMC Truck?

With key off, unhook your positive battery terminal. Put one multimeter lead on the battery terminal and the other on the positive cable. You’re basically making the multimeter part of the circuit. Set the meter to read amps. Now, since its being drained I assume you’ll see some kind of amperage draw.

Why does my car battery draw power in the morning?

If you know the battery is good because it has been replaced recently and it’s dead in the morning there is an electrical draw causing this problem. There are several “live” electrical circuits that bypass the ignition switch that can draw electrical power when the key is in the off position.