Also, replacing the battery is going to be a whole thing due to its location (thanks Ford □) so I don't really want to replace it unless I'm sure it's bad. But we want to at least diagnose the issue before taking it into a shop/dealer. One solid indicator is the presence of 'moisture' on the case at the base of the. Neither of us are very experienced with electrical. xr4tiboi said: One common reason for corrosion at the terminal post is failure of the battery case seal at the post allowing minute amounts of corrosion-promoting acid-gasses or battery fluid to escape at that point. We could hear a clicking noise during most of the test, not sure where exactly it was coming from and it seemed to almost move around from battery to engine area. We pulled almost every fuse (some were too difficult to pull) and no changes. My boyfriend and I performed a parasitic battery drain test and found an amp draw consistently around 3-5 amps. I checked my 2016 Escape the other day (also not driven a lot) and had 85. According to the PID's (I just got a blutooth device and app), I have 1,143 days on the battery and the charge this morning before driving was 34. Took it to O'Reilly's to have it tested, they said the battery and the alternator are good. If not, pull the connector off the BMS and hold the connector looking into the end of it with the retainer latch UP / on TOP: Pin 1 is on the RIGHT. My wife drives the Escape only short distances. It starts with a jump, but drains throughout the day, requiring another jump to get back home. I was able to get it jumped, and then it was fine for a couple of days. Recently, after a night of car camping and being in and out of the car often, the battery was dead in the morning. continuously restarting that process until I removed my key and locked the car. Within the last year, the time it takes to go into that mode has been decreasing, and it would seem to get "stuck" in battery saving mode. Never really had issues with the battery, except that whenever I'd try to play music without the engine running, it would go into "battery saving mode" and shut off the computer within a few minutes. I've owned it for around 4 years, never replaced the battery. I own a 2013 Ford Escape SEL with around 110,000 miles on it. Hi everyone - back again with another mysterious car gremlin. 0:00 / 6:26 Ford Escape (2013-2019) - New Battery Install The Battery Shop 22.2K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 2.8K Share 385K views 4 years ago Learn how to install a new battery in.
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