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I drove 20 minutes to my Father-in Laws house. I was inside 5 minutes came out and the truck would not start. Lights, Dash everything else seemed to work fine. The starter would not engage. I tried my Nocco GB40 and it was clicking with lights flashing. Unfortunately, at the time I did not know how to use the bypass feature to disable the safety feature. I do now for the next time.
I called a Tow truck via the Toyota Road Side Service (AAA) and before he was going to jump it, I tried once more and it fired right up with no issues (Go Figure). It had sat for about 30 minutes since my last attempt and an hour since it first failed
I get home after driving another 20 minutes and hook it up to my Odyssey Charger and it started the charge/condition process with only 2 bars out of 5, indicating low charge. It did pass the self test. I should have measured the voltage with my meter before charging.
No codes were present from my reader
I have been driving it everyday and it is kept in my garage.
After it went through the charge cycle and showed 5 bars hours later, I hooked the GB40 back up and it did the same thing. it made clicking sound with alternating lights again. According to the manufacturer, it usually means the vehicle battery is extremely dead (sulfated/low voltage), causing the GB40 to try and charge, shut off, then try again in a loop, indicated by flashing lights and clicking. The clicking is the internal relay, and the lights (often red or chasing) signal an error or low charge.
I tried the GB70 out of my Land Cruiser and it did the same thing with Clicking and lights
That would imply a bad battery. The Battery voltage was 12.65V and it did start right up.
Not sure if there is something in the new Tacomas that cause this to behave differently. Again, mine is a non-Hybrid
Anyone connect a GB40/70 and have it work fine? Anyone have a battery fail on them?
My Tacoma is 18 months old with 5600 miles on it
I will see if it fails again at home over the next few days and then likely take it to the dealer after I capture more data. Right now I am sure they would test it and say it seems fine
I called a Tow truck via the Toyota Road Side Service (AAA) and before he was going to jump it, I tried once more and it fired right up with no issues (Go Figure). It had sat for about 30 minutes since my last attempt and an hour since it first failed
I get home after driving another 20 minutes and hook it up to my Odyssey Charger and it started the charge/condition process with only 2 bars out of 5, indicating low charge. It did pass the self test. I should have measured the voltage with my meter before charging.
No codes were present from my reader
I have been driving it everyday and it is kept in my garage.
After it went through the charge cycle and showed 5 bars hours later, I hooked the GB40 back up and it did the same thing. it made clicking sound with alternating lights again. According to the manufacturer, it usually means the vehicle battery is extremely dead (sulfated/low voltage), causing the GB40 to try and charge, shut off, then try again in a loop, indicated by flashing lights and clicking. The clicking is the internal relay, and the lights (often red or chasing) signal an error or low charge.
I tried the GB70 out of my Land Cruiser and it did the same thing with Clicking and lights
That would imply a bad battery. The Battery voltage was 12.65V and it did start right up.
Not sure if there is something in the new Tacomas that cause this to behave differently. Again, mine is a non-Hybrid
Anyone connect a GB40/70 and have it work fine? Anyone have a battery fail on them?
My Tacoma is 18 months old with 5600 miles on it
I will see if it fails again at home over the next few days and then likely take it to the dealer after I capture more data. Right now I am sure they would test it and say it seems fine
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