2023 Sporadic Long crank issue

[09rtse]

Hey All,
First post, so here goes: I have a '23 Power Wagon, which has been awesome. However, 1 issue I have noticed (aside from the cold start bird chirp), is a very sporadic extreme long crank before starting.

99.5% of the time, its a 1.5 second crank and boom she's fired up....however that other 0.5% (I know of 2 times, wife says she has had it about 5-6 times) it will sit there and turnover for 10-12 seconds, and just as the safety cut off is about to engage, she grabs and fires up.

Just wondering if anyone else here has experienced this, and has a fix, or is currently trouble shooting it? I have gone to my local dealer, but they don't have much to offer, as of course they wanna tell me it's probably just a glitch, damn those electronics....Yeah ok, cool...not the answer I want from them lol. So figured I would check here on the internets before trying to call around to dealers 2-3 hours away, lol.

Thanks

 

[R Dub]

Hey All,
First post, so here goes: I have a '23 Power Wagon, which has been awesome. However, 1 issue I have noticed (aside from the cold start bird chirp), is a very sporadic extreme long crank before starting.

99.5% of the time, its a 1.5 second crank and boom she's fired up....however that other 0.5% (I know of 2 times, wife says she has had it about 5-6 times) it will sit there and turnover for 10-12 seconds, and just as the safety cut off is about to engage, she grabs and fires up.

Just wondering if anyone else here has experienced this, and has a fix, or is currently trouble shooting it? I have gone to my local dealer, but they don't have much to offer, as of course they wanna tell me it's probably just a glitch, damn those electronics....Yeah ok, cool...not the answer I want from them lol. So figured I would check here on the internets before trying to call around to dealers 2-3 hours away, lol.

Thanks

Not 10-12 seconds but I have occasional 3-4 second episodes. As you said, it's infrequent but troubling when it happens since it's so noticeable.

 

[SolidAxleorBust]

Mine did some crazy crap like that, and it was the battery conking out is all.

 

[R Dub]

You may be onto something. My commute is less than 5 minutes each way so I may be killing the battery and not driving it long enough to charge. That should be easy enough to determine. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[jsalbre]

You may be onto something. My commute is less than 5 minutes each way so I may be killing the battery and not driving it long enough to charge. That should be easy enough to determine. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yeah, there’s a good chance with a drive that short the battery isn’t getting a full charge.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

Happened to me. Had long cranks two times in a row. Then I was unable to pop the tailgate with the truck off. Needed new battery.

 

[SolidAxleorBust]

Miss the days of turn the key and it will try and crank until there is no more juice, instead of voltage is a little low lets go haywire.